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The Baptism of Christ by Paris Bordone

The Baptism of Christ

Paris Bordone · c. 1535/1540

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Palette

Ink
 72% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.0:1
Parchment
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.7:1
Bronze
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Copper
 4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.4:1
Blue-grey
 3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.6:1
Chestnut
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.4:1

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
Paris Bordone
1500–1571
Date
c. 1535/1540
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 129.5 x 132 cm (51 x 51 15/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 9

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1571: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1642. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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