InspiredBy
✨ Surprise ♡ 0
  1. Home
  2. Prints
  3. Martyrdom of a Saint
Martyrdom of a Saint by Unknown artist

Martyrdom of a Saint

Unknown artist · c. 1480

View at the National Gallery of Art ↗

Palette

Parchment
 51% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.3:1
Straw
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1
Tan
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Terracotta
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1
Tangerine
 5% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.4:1
Blue-grey
 5% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.5:1

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. 1480
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, yellow, blue, rose, gold, and orange
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 74, 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 1480: 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

Works that share this palette

Search by colour

The closest palettes among 5004 works, by average colour distance between the two palettes.

Christ Carrying the Cross, Unknown artist Christ Carrying the Cross Unknown artist, c. 1470 A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of his Artificial Teeth and False Palates, Thomas Rowlandson A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of his Artificial Teeth and False Palates Thomas Rowlandson, published 1811 Study, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Study Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895 The Lake of Zug, J. M. W. Turner The Lake of Zug J. M. W. Turner, 1843 Salvator Mundi, Master EMR ? Salvator Mundi Master EMR ? Su-yo or Suutai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", Tsukioka Kôgyo Su-yo or Suutai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898

More like this by theme

All bible stories and saints
Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin), Workshop of Dieric Bouts Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin) Workshop of Dieric Bouts, c. 1490 Christ Carrying the Cross, Master of the Freising Visitation Christ Carrying the Cross Master of the Freising Visitation, c. 1490 Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia, Martin de Soria Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia Martin de Soria, 1480–85 Saint Christopher Taking Leave of the King Who Feared Satan; Saint Christopher and His Converts, Martin de Soria Saint Christopher Taking Leave of the King Who Feared Satan; Saint Christopher and His Converts Martin de Soria, 1480–85 Virgin and Child, Hans Memling Virgin and Child Hans Memling, c. 1485 Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald, German Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald German, c. 1490