The Partridge and the Cocks

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1732

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Slate
35% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1

Prussian blue
24% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.8:1

Blue-grey
20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Navy
16% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.7:1

Bone white
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.7:1

Silver
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
1686–1755
Date: 1732
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: brush and black ink, gray wash, and white gouache on blue laid paper//royal blue wash border
Size: image: 24.4 x 19.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.)
Place: French
Period: 18th century
Themes: Birds
Main colour: Blue · lightness 39, colourfulness 14

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Fund. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1755: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1826. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Partridge and the Cocks

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