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Christ on the Cross by Hans Burgkmair the Elder

Christ on the Cross

Hans Burgkmair the Elder · early 16th century

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Palette

Warm grey
 43% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Parchment
 34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1
Steel blue
 8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.0:1
Green earth
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.0:1
Caramel
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Madder
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1

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
Hans Burgkmair the Elder
1473–1531
Date
early 16th century
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in red, blue, green, brown, orange-red, and gold, on vellum
Place
German
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 17

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: Artist died 1531: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1602. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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