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

The Musicians

Lucas van Leyden · 1524

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Palette

Taupe
 31% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Warm grey
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Putty
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1
Stone
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Bone white
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.6:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

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
Lucas van Leyden
Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533
Date
1524
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Size
Image/plate: 11.7 × 7.5 cm (4 5/8 × 3 in.); Sheet: 11.9 × 7.7 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 57, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection. 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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