Beata Beatrix

Beata Beatrix (1872) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Its palette is led by bistre (#292516, 45%) and dark umber (#403118, 28%). Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown and black cover almost all of the canvas. Its most vivid color, amber #A47D46, takes up just 3% of it.

Palette

#292516 MG 219 bistre 45.4% of canvas
#403118 MG 186 dark umber 28.5% of canvas
#59391b MG 168 dark amber brown 17.3% of canvas
#77592f MG 184 umber 6.3% of canvas
#a47d46 MG 034 amber 2.5% of canvas

Color families

Brown 59%, Black 38%, Yellow 1%, Green 1%, Orange 0%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.32
Contrast: 0.25
Vividness: 0.035
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 25 cells
Hue range: 0.33
Focus: 0.07

Composition

53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 67% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.10 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 76% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 29% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1872
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 66.0 × 86.4 cm
Genre: portrait
Made in: Italy
Collection: Tate, London

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