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The Marriage of the Virgin by Bernard van Orley

The Marriage of the Virgin

Bernard van Orley · c. 1513

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Palette

Coffee
 58% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.6:1
Putty
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1
Madder
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.8:1
Pale blue-grey
 7% of the image
Teal · text contrast 8.3:1
Khaki
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Dark olive
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.4:1

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
Bernard van Orley
1488–1541
Date
c. 1513
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Size
painted surface: 54.4 x 33 cm (21 7/16 x 13 in.)
Place
Netherlandish
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 38, colourfulness 14

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 1541: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1612. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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