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A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

The Expulsion from Paradise

Lucas van Leyden · 1510

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Palette

Bone white
 40% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.4:1
Warm grey
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Mushroom
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Putty
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Pale stone
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1

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
1510
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image: 16.3 × 11.8 cm (6 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 12.2 cm (6 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 16.9 × 12.2 cm (6 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 76, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. 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

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