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Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves by Unknown artist

Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves

Unknown artist · c. 1475

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Palette

Biscuit
 40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1
Raw umber
 32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Honey
 11% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.0:1
Steel blue
 8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.1:1
Sage
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1
Salmon
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

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. 1475
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in blue, pink, ochre, green,and gold
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, 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: Anonymous work, made by 1475: 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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