The Finding of Moses

Sébastien Bourdon · c. 1655/1660

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Sepia
73% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1

Blue-grey
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Sky
8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.1:1

Bronze
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

Chestnut
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

Brick
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1

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

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Artist: Sébastien Bourdon
1616–1671
Date: c. 1655/1660
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 119.6 x 172.8 cm (47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in.)
Place: French
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 40, 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 1671: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1742. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Finding of Moses

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