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Hercules and Telephos, plate two from Three Famous Antique Sculptures

Hendrick Goltzius · c. 1592, printed c. 1617

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Palette

Oyster
 36% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.1:1
Iron
 30% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1
Smoke
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Silver
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1
Stone
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Warm grey
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Hendrick Goltzius
text written by Theodorus Schrevelius
Date
c. 1592, printed c. 1617
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Size
Image: 40.4 × 29.2 cm (15 15/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Plate: 41.6 × 30 cm (16 7/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 48 × 36.3 cm (18 15/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
Grey · lightness 58, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth Gott Templeton Endowment. 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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