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A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna by Giovanni Battista Moroni

A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna

Giovanni Battista Moroni · c. 1560

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Palette

Sepia
 54% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1
Lamp black
 18% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.2:1
Teal
 13% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.7:1
Cinnamon
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1
Straw
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1
Burnt sienna
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.4:1

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
Giovanni Battista Moroni
1525–1578
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 59.7 × 64.8 cm (23 1/2 × 25 1/2 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 32, colourfulness 17

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 1578: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1649. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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