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The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot by Piero di Cosimo

The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot

Piero di Cosimo · c. 1489/1490

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 31% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Olive brown
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Tan
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Sky
 16% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.2:1
Garnet
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 12.6:1
Denim
 6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Piero di Cosimo
1462–1522
Date
c. 1489/1490
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Size
overall: 184.2 x 188.6 cm (72 1/2 x 74 1/4 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Blue · lightness 37, colourfulness 22

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 1522: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1593. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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