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Polycrates' Crucifixion

Salvator Rosa · 1664

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Palette

Bistre
 75% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.6:1
Smoke
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Graphite
 7% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.3:1
Bronze
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Sand
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

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
Salvator Rosa
Date
1664
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
73.4 × 98.9 cm (28 7/8 × 38 15/16 in.); Framed: 87 × 112.4 × 7 cm (34 1/4 × 44 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
17th century
Themes
Landscapes · Mountains · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 27, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Wentworth Greene Field Memorial Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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