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The Penitence of Saint Jerome by Joachim Patinir

The Penitence of Saint Jerome

Joachim Patinir · ca. 1515

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Palette

Bistre
 70% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1
Olive brown
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Blue-grey
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Dark ochre
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Mushroom
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Pearl grey
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1

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
Joachim Patinir
Netherlandish, Dinant or Bouvignes, active by 1515–died 1524 Antwerp
Date
ca. 1515
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on wood
Size
Shaped top: central panel, overall, with engaged frame, 46 1/4 x 32 in. (117.5 x 81.3 cm); each wing, overall, with engaged frame, 47 1/2 x 14 in. (120.7 x 35.6 cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Landscapes · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 30, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1936. 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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