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A work made of oil on panel.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen · c. 1515

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Palette

Soot
 44% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.8:1
Sepia
 40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Raw umber
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1
Mahogany
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.2:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Fawn
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen
Workshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (Netherlandish, c. 1470/75–by 1533)
Date
c. 1515
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
98.5 × 76.3 cm (38 3/4 × 30 1/16 in.); Framed: 108 × 86.4 × 9.6 cm (42 1/2 × 34 × 3 3/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Landscapes · Birds · Music and dance · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 25, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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