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The Proud Mother by Unknown artist

The Proud Mother

Unknown artist · c. 1810

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Palette

Bistre
 49% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.6:1
Peach
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1
Raw umber
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1
Rust
 11% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1
Salmon
 5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.3:1
Chestnut
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1810
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 76.3 x 66.5 cm (30 1/16 x 26 3/16 in.)
Period
19th century
Themes
Mothers and children
Main colour
Brown · lightness 37, colourfulness 24

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1810: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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