Baroque · 1613
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Judith Slaying Holofernes (1613) by Artemisia Gentileschi. Its palette is led by soot (#0b0a0b, 38%) and bistre (#312521, 21%), with accents of orange, pale tan, parchment and dark muted blue. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.
Color note
Artemisia took up Caravaggio's dramatic light, setting strongly lit figures in rich reds, golds and blues against dark grounds.
Palette
- #0b0a0b MG 223 soot 38.5% of canvas
- #312521 MG 219 bistre 21.0% of canvas
- #4c3a32 MG 177 dark taupe 15.9% of canvas
- #6d584a MG 167 brown 8.9% of canvas
- #a07657 MG 030 orange 7.1% of canvas
- #d4af8d MG 163 pale tan 6.5% of canvas
- #e9e0d2 MG 201 parchment 1.3% of canvas
- #2c3b54 MG 099 dark muted blue 0.8% of canvas
Color families
Black 53%, Brown 39%, Orange 4%, White 1%, Gray 1%
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Composition
66% of the visual weight is in the left half, 58% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.33 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 30% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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