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The Nativity of the Virgin by Andrea di Bartolo

The Nativity of the Virgin

Andrea di Bartolo · c. 1400/1405

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Palette

Honey
 55% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1
Caramel
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Graphite
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1
Raw umber
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Rust
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.2:1
Lamp black
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.2:1

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
Andrea di Bartolo
1369–1428
Date
c. 1400/1405
Type
Painting
Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Size
painted surface: 44.2 × 32.5 cm (17 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
14th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 54, colourfulness 34

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 1428: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1499. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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