Italian Renaissance · 1472
Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and Federico da Montefeltro (San Bernardino Altarpiece)
Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and Federico da Montefeltro (San Bernardino Altarpiece) (1472) by Piero della Francesca. Its palette is led by oatmeal (#b1aa93, 25%) and iron (#4e4b49, 24%), with accents of muted azure blue, parchment, rich sienna and light red. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.
Color reading
Brown and gray cover about four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light red #D07362, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #b1aa93 MG 172 oatmeal 24.6% of canvas
- #4e4b49 MG 217 iron 24.3% of canvas
- #6c6a63 MG 216 dark grey 20.4% of canvas
- #8890a1 MG 095 muted azure blue 8.4% of canvas
- #0f141a MG 221 blue black 7.4% of canvas
- #e3dec7 MG 201 parchment 7.0% of canvas
- #7f3c32 MG 147 rich sienna 4.0% of canvas
- #d07362 MG 015 light red 3.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 55%, Gray 27%, Black 6%, White 4%, Red 3%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the left half, 63% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.52 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 4% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 36% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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