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A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of a Young Artist

German · c. 1500

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Palette

Walnut
 41% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.7:1
Dark chocolate
 32% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.2:1
Bronze
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Dark ochre
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Pale stone
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1

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
German
Date
c. 1500
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
45.7 × 32.8 cm (18 × 12 7/8 in.); Framed: 64.5 × 50.5 cm (25 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Portraits · Landscapes · Interiors
Main colour
Brown · lightness 26, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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