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The Nativity with the Infant Saint John by Piero di Cosimo

The Nativity with the Infant Saint John

Piero di Cosimo · c. 1495/1505

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Palette

Bistre
 42% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.1:1
Cinnamon
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1
Chalk
 21% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1
Putty
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1
Olive
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Slate blue
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.9:1

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. 1495/1505
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall (diameter): 145.7 cm (57 3/8 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 18

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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