The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man

Unknown artist · 1618/1628

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Palette

Sepia
34% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Silver
29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.4:1

Cinnamon
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Lamp black
13% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.8:1

Cornflower
5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.3:1

Cobalt
1% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.0:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 1618/1628
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on panel
Size: overall: 61.6 x 45.4 cm (24 1/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 46, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress 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 1628: 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

The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man

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