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The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor by Joos van Cleve

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1520

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Palette

Sepia
 29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1
Lamp black
 26% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.0:1
Sand
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1
Pale blue-grey
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Bronze
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Burnt sienna
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1

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
Joos van Cleve
Netherlandish, Cleve ca. 1485–1540/41 Antwerp
Date
ca. 1520
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on wood
Size
Shaped top: central panel, painted surface 38 3/4 x 29 1/4 in. (98.4 x 74.3 cm); each wing, painted surface 39 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (101 x 32.7 cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of George Blumenthal, 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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