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A tulip, a butterfly of the species Arctia caja (garden tiger moth), and a beetle (possibly a longhorn) by Barbara Regina Dietzsch

A tulip, a butterfly of the species Arctia caja (garden tiger moth), and a beetle (possibly a longhorn)

Barbara Regina Dietzsch · ca. 1750-60

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Palette

Charcoal
 63% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.8:1
Smoke
 13% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.2:1
Ash
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1
Warm grey
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Silver
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.4:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

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
Barbara Regina Dietzsch
German, Nuremberg 1706–1783 Nuremberg
Date
ca. 1750-60
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment; partial framing lines in metallic gold paint (trimmed at upper edge)
Size
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29 × 21 cm)
Period
18th century
Themes
Flowers · Gardens
Main colour
Black · lightness 32, colourfulness 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, by exchange, 2024. 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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