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The Crucifixion by Unknown artist

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist · c. 1490/1500

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Palette

Sepia
 37% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Straw
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1
Ivory
 14% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.0:1
Terracotta
 14% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1
Steel blue
 9% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.4:1
Coral
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.4:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1490/1500
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, blue, yellow, green, and vermilion
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 57, colourfulness 25

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1500: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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