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A work made of oil on copper.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Adam Elsheimer · c. 1605

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Palette

Dark olive
 70% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.6:1
Raw umber
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1
Umber
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Slate
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Smoke
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Bronze
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Adam Elsheimer
Date
c. 1605
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on copper
Size
21 × 16.3 cm (8 1/4 × 6 3/8 in.); Framed: 33 × 26.7 × 2.5 cm (13 × 10 1/2 × 1 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Flowers · Birds · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 29, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Lacy Armour Fund, Chester D. Tripp Estate Fund, European Painting General Sales Proceeds, Mrs. Albert Beveridge Fund, Rhoades Foundation. 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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