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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

Dark olive
 43% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.8:1
Khaki
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Dark chocolate
 18% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.0:1
Putty
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1
Green earth
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Bronze
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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
56.6 × 83.5 cm (22 1/4 × 32 7/8 in.); Framed: 92.8 × 119.4 × 10.2 cm (36 1/2 × 47 × 4 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 39, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Field Memorial 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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