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A Girl Washing before a Carnival by Carl Bloch

A Girl Washing before a Carnival

Danish title: En pige, som vasker sig før et karneval (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Carl Bloch · 1887

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Palette

Graphite
33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1
Blue-grey
23% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1
Lamp black
15% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.2:1
Warm grey
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Oyster
11% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.1:1
Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1

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Details

Artist
Carl Bloch
Danish, 1834–1890
Date
1887
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
43 × 30 cm
Period
19th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 42, colourfulness 8

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS9075. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1887: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1890: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1961; 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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