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The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist by Benozzo Gozzoli

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Benozzo Gozzoli · 1461-1462

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Palette

Raw umber
 36% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Fawn
 26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Cinnamon
 16% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.0:1
Bistre
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.8:1
Prussian blue
 5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.6:1
Garnet
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.7:1

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
Benozzo Gozzoli
1421–1497
Date
1461-1462
Type
Painting
Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Size
overall: 23.8 x 34.5 cm (9 3/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 42, colourfulness 22

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 1497: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1568. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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