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A Shepherd Boy with His Sheep at Cività d'Antino by Joakim Skovgaard

A Shepherd Boy with His Sheep at Cività d'Antino

Danish title: En hyrdedreng med sine får ved Cività d'Antino (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Joakim Skovgaard · 1886

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Palette

Taupe
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Sand
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Sepia
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Pale blue-grey
 13% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.7:1
Khaki
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Joakim Skovgaard
Danish, 1856–1933
Date
1886
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
73.5 × 104.5 cm
Period
19th century
Themes
Work and rural life
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 54, colourfulness 19

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS1353. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1886: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1933: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2004; SMK marks it public domain (PD Mark). Last checked 2026-10-31 (public_domain: yes). Image released by SMK as public domain (PD Mark). Licence rules

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