Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe

Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe (1500) by Albrecht Dürer. Its palette is led by soot (#191611, 61%) and bistre (#3a220e, 20%), with accents of orange. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.

Color reading

Black and brown cover almost all of the canvas. Its most vivid color, orange #9F734C, takes up just 4% of it.

Palette

#191611 MG 223 soot 60.6% of canvas
#3a220e MG 219 bistre 19.9% of canvas
#522c0e MG 169 dark brown 8.8% of canvas
#613b19 MG 168 dark amber brown 6.5% of canvas
#9f734c MG 030 orange 4.2% of canvas

Color families

Black 57%, Brown 42%, Orange 1%, Yellow 0%, Green 0%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.25
Contrast: 0.28
Vividness: 0.021
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 55 cells
Hue range: 0.26
Focus: 0.21

Composition

68% of the visual weight is in the left half, 60% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.03 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 69% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 22% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1500
Medium: Oil on lime panel
Size: 67.1 × 48.9 cm
Genre: self-portrait
Collection: Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich

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