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The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist by El Greco

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist

El Greco · c. 1595/1600

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Palette

Iron
 51% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1
Mushroom
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1
Dark chocolate
 20% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.8:1
Garnet
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.3:1
Dusty rose
 2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.2:1
Sienna
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

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
El Greco
1541–1614
Date
c. 1595/1600
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 53.2 x 34.4 cm (20 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Place
Greek
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 12

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 1614: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1685. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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