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

The Nativity, from Life of the Virgin

Martin Schongauer · 1470/75

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Palette

Pale stone
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.3:1
Putty
 22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1
Stone
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1
Taupe
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Iron
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1
Oyster
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.2:1

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
Martin Schongauer
German, c. 1430/50-1491
Date
1470/75
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Size
Image/sheet, cut to platemark: 25.5 × 16.6 cm (10 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.. 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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