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A work made of etching with engraved inscription on laid paper.

A Dwarf

Francisco Goya · 1778

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Palette

Chalk
 86% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.4:1
Linen
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.3:1
Putty
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1
Taupe
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Stone
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Mushroom
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

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
Francisco Goya
after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)
Date
1778
Type
Print
Medium
Etching with engraved inscription on laid paper
Size
Image: 19.7 × 15.5 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 15.5 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 42 × 30.5 cm (16 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
Place
Spain
Period
18th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 92, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection. 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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