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A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.

Self-Portrait with Saskia

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1636

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Palette

Pale stone
 37% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1
Mushroom
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Iron
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Linen
 11% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.9:1
Taupe
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Charcoal
 11% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.9:1

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
1636
Type
Print
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Size
Image: 10.4 × 9.2 cm (4 1/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 10.6 × 9.6 cm (4 3/16 × 3 13/16 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago. 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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