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A work made of engraving on tan laid paper.

The Adoration of the Magi, from The Life of Christ

Martin Schongauer · 1470/75

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Palette

Putty
 30% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.6:1
Stone
 20% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.2:1
Lichen
 19% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.1:1
Taupe
 19% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.4:1
Iron
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Oyster
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.4:1

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 Schongauer
German, c. 1430/50-1491
Date
1470/75
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on tan laid paper
Size
Image/plate: 25.4 × 16.8 cm (10 × 6 5/8 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 17 cm (10 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Green · lightness 60, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of 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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