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Christ Crowned with Thorns by Unknown artist

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Unknown artist · c. 1490

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Palette

Taupe
 40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1
Sand
 25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1
Steel blue
 12% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.1:1
Green earth
 11% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.7:1
Honey
 7% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.4:1
Ivory
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.3:1

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
c. 1490
Type
Print
Medium
hand-colored woodcut
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 55, colourfulness 23

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

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