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Madonna and Child with Saints by Unknown artist

Madonna and Child with Saints

Unknown artist · c. 1490/1500

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Palette

Soot
 30% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1
Caramel
 22% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.2:1
Walnut
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.3:1
Garnet
 14% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.1:1
Cinnamon
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Bronze
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1490/1500
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel transferred first to canvas and then to wood
Size
overall: 75.5 × 50.8 cm (29 3/4 × 20 in.)
Period
15th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 26

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1500: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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