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A work made of etching on paper.

The Ordeal by Arrows (Saint Sebastian)

Jacques Callot · n.d.

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Palette

Oyster
 47% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.7:1
Iron
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1
Taupe
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Pale stone
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1
Stone
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Smoke
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

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
Jacques Callot
French, 1592-1635
Date
n.d.
Type
Print
Medium
Etching on paper
Size
Plate: 16.2 × 32.8 cm (6 7/16 × 12 15/16 in.); Sheet: 17 × 33.9 cm (6 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
17th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 68, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. August Klipstein. 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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