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A tired-looking brown and white cow lies down on a patch of dry earth, a dark-brown bull and cow standing behind her against an overcast sky.

Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow

Paulus Potter · 1647

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Palette

Putty
 45% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1
Raw umber
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Bistre
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.6:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Lavender grey
 4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.0:1
Lamp black
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.0:1

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
Paulus Potter
Date
1647
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
49.5 × 37.2 cm (19 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.); Framed: 70.2 × 58.1 × 4.5 cm (27 5/8 × 22 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
Realism · 17th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, In loving memory of Harold T. Martin from Eloise W. Martin, wife, and Joyce Martin Brown, daughter; Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; Lacy Armour Endowment; through prior gift of Frank H. and Louise B. Woods. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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