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

Peasant Couple Dancing

Albrecht Dürer · 1514

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Palette

Pale stone
 41% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Taupe
 22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Warm grey
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Mushroom
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Iron
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1
Graphite
 1% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.6:1

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
1514
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image/sheet: 11.8 × 7.5 cm (4 11/16 × 3 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Themes
Music and dance · Work and rural life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 62, 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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