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A work made of oil on panel.

The Adoration of the Magi

Workshop of Cornelis Engebrechtsz. · 1515-25

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Palette

Soot
 53% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.2:1
Smoke
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Mahogany
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.6:1
Tan
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Brick
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.8:1
Putty
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1

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
Workshop of Cornelis Engebrechtsz.
Date
1515-25
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
28.2 × 35.6 cm (11 3/16 × 14 in.); Framed: 40.1 × 46.7 × 7 cm (15 3/4 × 18 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 26, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-01); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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