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A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

The Standard Bearer, Turned to Left

Hendrick Goltzius · 1587

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Palette

Oyster
 32% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1
Mushroom
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1
Warm grey
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Taupe
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Iron
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Graphite
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1

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
Hendrick Goltzius
Dutch, 1558-1617
Date
1587
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image: 27.3 × 19.1 cm (10 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate/sheet: 28.5 × 19.4 cm (11 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.. 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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