The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Maarten van Heemskerck · c. 1530

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Palette

Blue-grey
35% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1

Soot
22% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.9:1

Raw umber
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Spruce
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.4:1

Fawn
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

Brick
7% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.5:1

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Artist: Maarten van Heemskerck
1498–1574
Date: c. 1530
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on panel
Size: overall: 57.7 × 74.7 cm (22 11/16 × 29 7/16 in.)
Place: Netherlandish
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 43, colourfulness 15

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress 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 1574: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1645. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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