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The Virgin Reading by Vittore Carpaccio

The Virgin Reading

Vittore Carpaccio · c. 1505

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Palette

Ash
 41% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1
Dark chocolate
 33% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1
Oxblood
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.0:1
Brick
 9% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.2:1
Copper
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.7:1
Olive
 2% of the image
Brown · 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

Details

Artist
Vittore Carpaccio
1465–1526
Date
c. 1505
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel transferred to canvas
Size
overall: 78 × 51 cm (30 11/16 × 20 1/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
16th century
Themes
Reading and letters · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 37, 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: Artist died 1526: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1597. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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