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

Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels

Albrecht Dürer · 1513

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Palette

Taupe
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Warm grey
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Smoke
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Iron
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1
Pale stone
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Mushroom
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

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
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471-1528
Date
1513
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/plate: 10 × 13.8 cm (3 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 10.1 × 13.9 cm (4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 51, colourfulness 9

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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