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A work made of engraving of black in on ivory laid paper.

The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

Hendrick Goltzius · 1588

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Palette

Oyster
 39% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.9:1
Slate
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Pale stone
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1
Warm grey
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Stone
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1
Graphite
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1

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
Hendrick Goltzius
after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (Dutch, 1562-1638)
Date
1588
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving of black in on Ivory laid paper
Size
Image: 24 × 31.7 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 32.1 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 37.3 cm (11 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
Grey · lightness 68, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawing Club. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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