A work made of engraving in black on paper.

Saint Luke

Lucas van Leyden · c. 1508

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Palette

Oyster
36% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.1:1

Smoke
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Pale stone
16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1

Mushroom
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

Warm grey
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

Iron
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1

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: Lucas van Leyden
Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533
Date: c. 1508
Type: Print
Medium: Engraving in black on paper
Size: Image: 11.6 × 8.8 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.); Plate: 11.8 × 8.8 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/2 in.); Sheet: 11.8 × 9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Place: Netherlands
Period: 16th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Grey · lightness 70, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert P. Lamont. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules