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Portrait of Nicolás Matías Fernández Méndez by José Campeche

Portrait of Nicolás Matías Fernández Méndez

José Campeche · ca. 1800

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Palette

Lamp black
52% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.0:1
Bistre
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.2:1
Raw umber
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Crimson
10% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.5:1
Garnet
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 12.4:1
Oxblood
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1

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
José Campeche
Puerto Rican, 1751–1809
Date
ca. 1800
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Size
8 1/8 × 6 5/16 in. (20.6 × 16 cm) Framed: 14 × 12 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (35.6 × 31.1 × 3.5 cm)
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 17, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequest of Richard De Wolfe Brixey, by exchange, and Met Americas Council Gifts, 2025. 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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