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Vanitas Still Life

Jan van Kessel the Elder · c. 1665/1670

Palette

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

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Artist

Jan van Kessel the Elder
1626–1679

Date

c. 1665/1670

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on copper

Size

overall: 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in.)

Place

Flemish

Period

17th century

Themes

Still life

Main colour

Black · lightness 20, colourfulness 9

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Maida and George Abrams. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1679: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1750. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules