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

The Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan

Lucas van Leyden · about 1510

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Palette

Putty
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1
Pale stone
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.6:1
Linen
 19% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.1:1
Stone
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Mushroom
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1
Taupe
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

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
about 1510
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 14.3 × 18.2 cm (5 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Rivers and lakes · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 12

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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