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A work made of tempera on panel.

The Crucifixion

Carlo Crivelli · c. 1487

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Palette

Tan
 30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Raw umber
 29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Putty
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.1:1
Lamp black
 10% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.4:1
Bistre
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.4:1
Spruce
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1

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
Carlo Crivelli
Date
c. 1487
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
75 × 55.2 cm (29 9/16 × 21 3/4 in.); Framed: 91.4 × 72.1 × 10.2 cm (36 × 28 3/8 × 4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Boats and ships · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 45, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund. 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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