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Scene from Ancient History by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Scene from Ancient History

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1750

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Palette

Chalk
 49% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1
Bronze
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Ink
 14% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1
Pale gold
 9% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.9:1
Garnet
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 11.2:1
Rust
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.0:1

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
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696–1770
Date
c. 1750
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall (oval): 140.3 x 109.3 cm (55 1/4 x 43 1/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
18th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 69, 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 1770: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1841. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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