Jacob's Farewell to Benjamin

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1655

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Lamp black
76% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.6:1

Bistre
10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.0:1

Green earth
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Olive brown
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

Bronze
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

Khaki
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

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Artist: Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn
Date: c. 1655
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 113 × 110.5 cm (52 9/16 × 43 1/2 in.); Framed: 161 × 139.1 × 8.6 cm (63 3/8 × 54 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Place: Netherlands
Period: 17th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Black · lightness 12, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Wilson L. Mead Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Jacob's Farewell to Benjamin

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