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

Jews in the Synagogue

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1648

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Palette

Linen
 35% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.7:1
Charcoal
 18% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.3:1
Putty
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Iron
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1
Taupe
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1
Mushroom
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1

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
1648
Type
Print
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Size
Plate: 7.1 × 12.9 cm (2 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 7.5 × 13.4 cm (3 × 5 5/16 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 59, colourfulness 10

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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