Baroque · 1638
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1638) by Artemisia Gentileschi. Its palette is led by dark reddish brown (#412b1d, 55%) and bistre (#221e17, 33%), with accents of taupe and warm grey. 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
- #412b1d MG 156 dark reddish brown 55.2% of canvas
- #221e17 MG 219 bistre 33.2% of canvas
- #58543c MG 176 taupe 5.1% of canvas
- #8b795e MG 174 warm grey 3.3% of canvas
- #e1c8ab MG 199 pale muted cream 3.1% of canvas
Color families
Brown 58%, Black 39%, White 1%, Orange 1%, Yellow 0%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 58% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.38 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 67% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 19% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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