Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt · 1653

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Lamp black
75% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.9:1

Dark chocolate
12% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1

Bistre
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.1:1

Umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.7:1

Raw umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Coffee
1% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1

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Artist: Rembrandt
Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam
Date: 1653
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (143.5 x 136.5 cm)
Period: 17th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 6, colourfulness 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

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