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A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.

The Stoning of St. Stephen

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1635

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Palette

Pale stone
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1
Putty
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1
Mushroom
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Bone white
 16% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.1:1
Taupe
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Graphite
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1

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
1635
Type
Print
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/plate: 9.5 × 8.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.); Sheet: 9.7 × 8.7 cm (3 7/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 65, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Edwin E. Hokin. 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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