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Saint John on Patmos by Hans Baldung Grien

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung Grien · ca. 1511

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Palette

Soot
 45% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.2:1
Warm grey
 29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Oxblood
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.3:1
Raw umber
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Brick
 2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.8:1
Old gold
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

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
Hans Baldung Grien
German, Schwäbisch Gmünd (?) 1484/85–1545 Strasbourg
Date
ca. 1511
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil, gold, and white metal on spruce
Size
Overall 35 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (89.5 x 76.8 cm); painted surface 34 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. (87.3 x 75.6 cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Reading and letters · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers and Fletcher Funds; The Vincent Astor Foundation, The Dillon Fund, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Lawrence A. Fleischman, Mrs. Henry J. Heinz II, The Willard T. C. Johnson Foundation Inc., Reliance Group Holdings Inc., Baron H. H. Thyssen-Bornemisza, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gifts; Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; special funds; and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1983. 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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