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Christ on the Cross by Unknown artist

Christ on the Cross

Unknown artist · 1485

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Palette

Bronze
 43% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Biscuit
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1
Blue-grey
 17% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.2:1
Steel blue
 8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.2:1
Green earth
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.0:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

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
1485
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut with gouache and gold leaf (incised and stamped) on vellum
Size
sheet: 32 x 19.8 cm (12 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 53, colourfulness 24

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. 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 1485: 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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