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

Young Couple Threatened by Death (The Promenade)

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1498

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Palette

Oyster
 37% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1
Putty
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1
Smoke
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Stone
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Warm grey
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Iron
 11% of the image
Grey · 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
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471-1528
Date
c. 1498
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/sheet: 19.6 × 12 cm (7 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 65, colourfulness 9

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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