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Madonna and Child by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Madonna and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder · probably c. 1535 or after

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Palette

Lamp black
 27% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.4:1
Fawn
 27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Coffee
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.3:1
Rust
 14% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1
Spruce
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1
Pewter
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

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
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1472–1553
Date
probably c. 1535 or after
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Size
overall: 71.2 x 52.1 cm (28 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Place
German
Period
16th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 32, colourfulness 18

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1553: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1624. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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