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A work made of etching and drypoint on white laid paper.

Abraham and Isaac

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1645

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Palette

Oyster
 42% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.6:1
Putty
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1
Mushroom
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Taupe
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Sepia
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Graphite
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.2:1

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
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-1669
Date
1645
Type
Print
Medium
Etching and drypoint on white laid paper
Size
Image/plate: 15.6 × 12.8 cm (6 3/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 13.1 cm (6 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 69, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, John H. Wrenn Memorial 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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