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

Esther Before Ahasuerus

Lucas van Leyden · 1518

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Palette

Pale stone
 29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1
Putty
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1
Stone
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Linen
 17% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.1:1
Warm grey
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Chalk
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.4:1

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
1518
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 26.8 × 22.5 cm (10 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, 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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