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Two Draft Horses with a Sleeping Driver by Théodore Géricault

Two Draft Horses with a Sleeping Driver

Théodore Géricault · 1820–22

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Palette

Pale stone
 27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Mushroom
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1
Iron
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Linen
 14% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.5:1
Taupe
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Smoke
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1

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
Théodore Géricault
French, Rouen 1791–1824 Paris
Date
1820–22
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Brush and brown and gray wash, over graphite
Size
11 3/4 x 15 1/16 in. (29.9 x 38.2 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1996. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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