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Lamentation by Unknown artist

Lamentation

Unknown artist · 1580s

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 58% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Umber
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.2:1
Dark ochre
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Honey
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Sienna
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1
Green earth
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.9:1

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
1580s
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 65 x 65.7 cm (25 9/16 x 25 7/8 in.)
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 23, colourfulness 19

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Timken 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 1589: 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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