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A work made of oil on panel.

Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin

Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins) · c. 1500

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Palette

Spruce
 49% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.4:1
Silver
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1
Sepia
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1
Blue-grey
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Tan
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Moss
 1% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.1:1

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
Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins)
Date
c. 1500
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
27.5 × 19.9 cm (10 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Landscapes · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 43, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Lacy Withers Armour Fund, purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society, the Rhoades Foundation, Marilynn Alsdorf, Barbara Danielson in honor of James Wood, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Madigan, and John and Mary Gedo through the Old Masters Society, through prior gift of the George F. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester, and Max and Leola Epstein collections. 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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