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The Assumption of the Virgin by Michel Sittow

The Assumption of the Virgin

Michel Sittow · c. 1500

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Palette

Graphite
 34% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.3:1
Pewter
 31% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Deep teal
 12% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.4:1
Ash
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Bronze
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Fawn
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Michel Sittow
1469–1525
Date
c. 1500
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Size
painted surface: 21.1 x 16.2 cm (8 5/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Place
Netherlandish
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 42, colourfulness 9

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1525: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1596. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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