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Christ on the Cross Between the Virgin and Saint John by Albrecht Dürer

Christ on the Cross Between the Virgin and Saint John

Albrecht Dürer · 1493

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Palette

Fawn
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Parchment
 19% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.7:1
Denim
 16% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.6:1
Sage
 11% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.3:1
Salmon
 9% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.8:1
Persimmon
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.1:1

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
Albrecht Dürer
1471–1528
Date
1493
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut on laid paper, hand-colored with watercolor and gouache and gold leaf
Size
image: 23 × 14.2 cm (9 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Place
German
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 26

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 1528: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1599. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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