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View of Heidelberg by Jan Brueghel the Elder

View of Heidelberg

Jan Brueghel the Elder · ca. 1588–89

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Palette

Linen
 44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.6:1
Putty
 44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1
Mushroom
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Bone white
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.3:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1

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
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp
Date
ca. 1588–89
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and blue and brown wash, heightened with white; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Size
7 7/8 x 12 in. (20.0 x 30.5 cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes · Cities and streets
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 78, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, David T. Schiff Gift and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1995. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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