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Ida Rubinstein as Saint Sebastian by Léon Bakst

Ida Rubinstein as Saint Sebastian

Léon Bakst · 1911

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Palette

Oyster
 53% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.6:1
Navy
 27% of the image
Blue · text contrast 14.1:1
Prussian blue
 13% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.1:1
Brick
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Green earth
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1
Cerulean
 1% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Léon Bakst
1866–1924
Date
1911
Type
Painting
Size
28.5 × 21 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Blue · lightness 56, colourfulness 15

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1911, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1924: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1995 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1924). Last checked 2026-10-31 (Commons file carries EU and US public-domain templates: yes). Image: a faithful photographic reproduction of a public-domain work, from Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art). Licence rules

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