Northern Renaissance · 1395–1464 · Flemish
Rogier van der Weyden
Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (54%), black (27%) and blue (6%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: black, very dark muted blue, very dark rich sienna, rich sienna and putty.
Color print
The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.
- MG 224 black 10.9% of canvas
- MG 222 charcoal 6.2% of canvas
- MG 219 bistre 5.8% of canvas
- MG 100 very dark muted blue 5.2% of canvas
- MG 173 putty 5.2% of canvas
- MG 220 warm black 4.2% of canvas
- MG 177 dark taupe 3.8% of canvas
- MG 223 soot 3.5% of canvas
- MG 172 oatmeal 3.4% of canvas
- MG 221 blue black 3.2% of canvas
- MG 181 light sand 2.7% of canvas
- MG 190 light golden sand 2.2% of canvas
- MG 176 taupe 2.2% of canvas
- MG 164 light tan 2.1% of canvas
- MG 167 brown 2.1% of canvas
- MG 168 dark amber brown 2.1% of canvas
Measurements
Composition
Averaged over 3 works: 52% of the visual weight in the left half, 55% in the lower half; symmetry 0.66; 21% calm space; half of the detail in 31% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.