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A work made of oil on canvas.

Study of a Cow

Emile van Marcke · c. 1875–90

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Palette

Smoke
 46% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Iron
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1
Graphite
 13% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.3:1
Ink
 13% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.2:1
Ash
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Silver
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.3:1

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
Emile van Marcke
Date
c. 1875–90
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
49.5 × 71.1 cm (19 1/2 × 28 in.); Framed: 96.6 × 116.3 × 12.7 cm (38 × 45 3/4 × 5 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Work and rural life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 37, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martha S. Hill. 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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