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The Mother of God of Tenderness Towards Evil Hearts by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

The Mother of God of Tenderness Towards Evil Hearts

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin · 1914

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Palette

Dark ochre
 35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Burnt sienna
 31% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.7:1
Blue-grey
 21% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.3:1
Slate
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Sand
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1
Raw umber
 2% 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
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
1878–1939
Date
1914
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
1002 × 1100 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Mothers and children
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 45, colourfulness 33

Russian Museum. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1914, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1939: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2010 (Commons: PD-Art-two-auto|1939). 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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