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Saint Alban of Mainz by Unknown artist

Saint Alban of Mainz

Unknown artist · c. 1500/1525

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Palette

Dark olive
 32% of the image
Green · text contrast 15.1:1
Cinnamon
 27% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1
Dark ochre
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Persimmon
 9% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.2:1
Rust
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Saffron
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.8:1

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. 1500/1525
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Size
overall: 155.6 x 51.7 cm (61 1/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 31, colourfulness 38

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Joanne Freedman. 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 1525: 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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