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Unknown artist · c. 1480/1490

Palette

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Artist

Unknown artist

Date

c. 1480/1490

Type

Print

Medium

woodcut in dark brown, hand-colored in red, yellow, green, lt. blue, pink, blue, gold, orange

Period

15th century

Main colour

White & cream · lightness 70, colourfulness 31

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 1490: 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