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

The Dance of Saint Mary Magdalene

Lucas van Leyden · 1519

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Palette

Stone
 40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Taupe
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1
Iron
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Pale stone
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1
Graphite
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1
Oyster
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.6:1

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
1519
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 29 × 39.8 cm (11 7/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Music and dance · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 56, colourfulness 11

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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