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Madonna of the Goldfinch

Madonna of the Goldfinch

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1767/1770

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Palette

Sepia
51% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

Putty
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

Taupe
14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1

Dark chocolate
10% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.7:1

Ink
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1

Denim
5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.0:1

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: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696–1770
Date: c. 1767/1770
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 63.1 x 50.3 cm (24 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Place: Italian
Period: 18th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 15

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: Artist died 1770: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1841. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules