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

The Small Crucifixion ("The Pommel of Emperor Maximilian")

Albrecht Dürer · 1519

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Palette

Bone white
 33% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.9:1
Taupe
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Stone
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Smoke
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Pale stone
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.6:1
Putty
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.7:1

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

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Artist
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471-1528
Date
1519
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Sheet: 3.6 × 3.6 cm (1 7/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 70, 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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