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Madonna and Child by Simon Vouet

Madonna and Child

Simon Vouet · 1633

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Palette

Soot
 56% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1
Tan
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Prussian blue
 11% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.7:1
Cinnamon
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1
Rust
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1
Garnet
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 12.3:1

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
Simon Vouet
1590–1649
Date
1633
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 110.3 × 89.4 cm (43 7/16 × 35 3/16 in.)
Place
French
Period
17th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 16

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Fund. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1649: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1720. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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