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

The Monstrous Sow of Landser

Albrecht Dürer · 1496

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Palette

Oyster
 53% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.3:1
Pale stone
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.4:1
Stone
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Taupe
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Charcoal
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.6:1

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
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471-1528
Date
1496
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
12.1 × 12.8 cm (4 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 73, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.. 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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