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

Coat of Arms with Lion and Rooster

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1503

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Palette

Bone white
 57% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.4:1
Silver
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Warm grey
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Smoke
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1
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
c. 1503
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 18.2 × 11.8 cm (7 3/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 76, colourfulness 8

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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