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A work made of etching on cream laid paper.

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Right: Three Quarter Length

Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1631

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Palette

Pale stone
 62% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.5:1
Charcoal
 13% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1
Iron
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1
Smoke
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Warm grey
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Mushroom
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1

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
c. 1631
Type
Print
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Size
Image/plate: 14.9 × 13.2 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 14.3 cm (6 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Themes
Mothers and children
Main colour
Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 6

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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