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Christ Carrying the Cross by Unknown artist

Christ Carrying the Cross

Unknown artist · c. 1470

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Palette

Parchment
 60% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1
Tan
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Tangerine
 10% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.3:1
Cinnamon
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1
Green earth
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1
Peacock
 3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.5:1

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. 1470
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut in brown, hand-colored in blue, orange, red, yellow, rose, and gold
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 73, colourfulness 28

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 1470: 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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