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Saint Mark by Unknown artist

Saint Mark

Unknown artist · c. 1425/1435

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Palette

Putty
 65% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1
Tan
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Blue-grey
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Ash
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Green earth
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1
Terracotta
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1

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. 1425/1435
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
tempera and gold leaf on vellum
Size
overall: 17.9 x 12.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 71, colourfulness 18

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 1435: 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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