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Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses by Rembrandt

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

Rembrandt · 1653

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Palette

Graphite
 41% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1
Taupe
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Fawn
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1
Warm grey
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Putty
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Pearl grey
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1

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
Rembrandt
Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam
Date
1653
Type
Print
Medium
Drypoint printed on vellum
Size
Plate: 15 x 17 1/4 in. (38.1 x 43.8 cm) Sheet: 15 1/8 x 17 7/16 in. (38.4 x 44.3 cm) Mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941. 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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