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The Madonna on the Crescent Crowned by Two Angels

Martin Schongauer · 1470–75

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Palette

Oyster
 48% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1
Pale stone
 22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1
Putty
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1
Stone
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Bone white
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.2:1
Taupe
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

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 on paper
Size
Sheet trimmed to platemark: 17.3 × 11 cm (6 13/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 77, 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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