Minerva Crowning the Genius of Fine Arts

Unknown artist · early 1780s?

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Putty
55% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1

Warm grey
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Bone white
14% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.2:1

Taupe
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

Tan
2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.4:1

Dusty rose
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: early 1780s?
Type: Print
Medium: color etching, wash manner, and stipple engraving with gold leaf and hand coloring with silver paint (tarnished) on silk satin
Size: overall: 29.5 × 36 cm (11 5/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
Period: 18th century
Themes: Myths and legends
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 72, colourfulness 15

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener 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 1785: 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

Minerva Crowning the Genius of Fine Arts

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