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A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

David Playing the Harp Before Saul

Lucas van Leyden · c. 1508

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Palette

Oyster
 22% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.6:1
Taupe
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Pale stone
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1
Putty
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1
Stone
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Smoke
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1

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
Lucas van Leyden
Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533
Date
c. 1508
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image: 25.3 × 18.3 cm (10 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 25.4 × 18.4 cm (10 × 7 1/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 69, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth Hammond Stickney 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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