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Portrait of a Young Woman as a Wise Virgin by Sebastiano del Piombo

Portrait of a Young Woman as a Wise Virgin

Sebastiano del Piombo · c. 1510

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Palette

Lamp black
 60% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.6:1
Pale stone
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.6:1
Steel blue
 7% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1
Denim
 6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.4:1
Raw umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Navy
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 15.2:1

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
Sebastiano del Piombo
1485–1547
Date
c. 1510
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on hardboard transferred from panel
Size
overall: 54.7 x 47.5 cm (21 9/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
16th century
Themes
Portraits · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 26, colourfulness 9

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 1547: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1618. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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