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Madonna and Child by Jan Gossaert

Madonna and Child

Jan Gossaert · c. 1532

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Palette

Walnut
 41% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.3:1
Navy
 26% of the image
Blue · text contrast 13.7:1
Dark chocolate
 15% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1
Bronze
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Mushroom
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Terracotta
 2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Jan Gossaert
1478–1532
Date
c. 1532
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Size
overall: 34.4 x 24.8 cm (13 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Place
Netherlandish
Period
16th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 25, colourfulness 20

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Grace Vogel Aldworth in memory of her grandparents Ralph and Mary Booth. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1532: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1603. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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