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Child Saint Sambandar by India, Tamil Nadu artist

Child Saint Sambandar

India, Tamil Nadu artist · late 11th century

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Palette

Silver
 42% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1
Pewter
 33% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Pearl grey
 8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.3:1
Taupe
 8% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.5:1
Dark olive
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.4:1
Soot
 1% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.2:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
India, Tamil Nadu artist
Date
late 11th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Copper alloy
Size
H. 29 3/8 in. (74.6 cm); W. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); D. (rectangular base) 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
Place
India, Tamil Nadu
Period
11th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and Doris Wiener Gifts, 2010. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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