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Girl Reading a Letter by Christjern Schobius

Girl Reading a Letter

Danish title: Pige, der læser et brev (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Christjern Schobius · 1898

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Palette

Iron
45% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1
Khaki
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Green earth
14% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.6:1
Lavender grey
8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.8:1
Putty
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Raw umber
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

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
Christjern Schobius
Danish, 1872–1900
Date
1898
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
81 × 107.5 cm
Period
19th century
Themes
Reading and letters
Main colour
Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 16

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS4027. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1898: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1900: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1971; 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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