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Mother Telling a Story. The Artist's Wife and Daughter by Laurits Andersen Ring

Mother Telling a Story. The Artist's Wife and Daughter

Danish title: Moder fortæller. Kunstnerens hustru og datter (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Laurits Andersen Ring · 1901

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Palette

Soot
 60% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.0:1
Sepia
 30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Saffron
 5% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.7:1
Dark ochre
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Amber
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Tan
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1

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
Laurits Andersen Ring
Danish, 1854–1933
Date
1901
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
96.5 × 120.5 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Mothers and children
Main colour
Black · lightness 23, colourfulness 12

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS1674. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1901: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1933: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2004; SMK marks it public domain (PD Mark). Last checked 2026-10-31 (public_domain: yes). Image released by SMK as public domain (PD Mark). Licence rules

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