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The Physician Considered as God, plate one from Allegories of the Medical Profession.

Hendrick Goltzius · 1587

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Palette

Pale stone
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1
Warm grey
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Taupe
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1
Stone
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Putty
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1

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
Hendrick Goltzius
after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Date
1587
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Size
Image: 17.4 × 22.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate/sheet: 18.5 × 22.5 cm (7 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dr. Ira Frank. 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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