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A work made of tempera and oil on panel.

Emperor Heraclius Denied Entry into Jerusalem

Netherlandish · c. 1470

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Palette

Raw umber
 70% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1
Dark chocolate
 8% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1
Slate
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Brick
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.6:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1
Scarlet
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.2:1

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
Netherlandish
Date
c. 1470
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera and oil on panel
Size
67.6 × 54.2 cm (26 5/8 × 21 5/16 in.); Framed: 76.2 × 62.6 × 5.1 cm (30 × 24 5/8 × 2 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
15th century
Themes
Landscapes · Dogs · Horses · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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