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A work made of oil on panel.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Maler · c. 1510

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Palette

Coffee
 36% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.2:1
Umber
 35% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1
Bronze
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Dark ochre
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Chestnut
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1
Khaki
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Hans Maler
Date
c. 1510
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
33.8 × 57.5 cm (13 5/16 × 22 5/8 in.); Framed: 44.5 × 66.4 × 6.4 cm (17 1/2 × 26 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 32, colourfulness 20

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 (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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