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Study of Eleven Heads

Jacob de Gheyn II · late 16th–early 17th century

Palette

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

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Artist

Jacob de Gheyn II
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague

Date

late 16th–early 17th century

Type

Drawing & watercolour

Medium

Pen and three shades of brown ink with black chalk on laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink and graphite

Size

sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (31.8 x 23.3 cm)

Period

16th century

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Frits and Rita Markus Fund, and Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2006. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules