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The Good Shepherd by Niels Larsen Stevns

The Good Shepherd

Danish title: Den gode hyrde (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Niels Larsen Stevns · 1921

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Palette

Putty
 42% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1
Apricot
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Green earth
 17% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.9:1
Sepia
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Copper
 5% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Brown · 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
Niels Larsen Stevns
Danish, 1864–1941
Date
1921
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Blyfarve, pen og vandfarve på papir
Period
20th century
Themes
Work and rural life
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 22

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS3588. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1921: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1941: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2012; 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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