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A work made of oil on parchment, mounted on panel.

Portrait of a Man

Martin Schaffner · c. 1525

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Palette

Soot
 47% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.4:1
Bronze
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Umber
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1
Caramel
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Bistre
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.7:1
Dark ochre
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

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
Martin Schaffner
Date
c. 1525
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on parchment, mounted on panel
Size
33 × 26.2 cm (13 × 10 3/8 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 22, colourfulness 18

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 (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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