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The Holy Family on the Steps by Unknown artist

The Holy Family on the Steps

Unknown artist · 1648

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Palette

Bistre
 83% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.2:1
Blue-grey
 8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.2:1
Sand
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1
Ochre
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Slate
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Sienna
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.9:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
1648
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 68.7 x 97.8 cm (27 1/16 x 38 1/2 in.)
Period
17th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 26, colourfulness 16

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: Anonymous work, made by 1648: 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

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