Northern Renaissance · 1501
Temptation of Saint Anthony
Temptation of Saint Anthony (1501) by Hieronymus Bosch. Its palette is led by very dark reddish brown (#261410, 25%) and very dark rich sienna (#521d13, 17%), with accents of muted lime green, pale golden sand, rich brown and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #CA341E, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #261410 MG 157 very dark reddish brown 25.4% of canvas
- #521d13 MG 149 very dark rich sienna 16.6% of canvas
- #7b896f MG 056 muted lime green 14.1% of canvas
- #574428 MG 185 dark golden umber 12.7% of canvas
- #b6bd9f MG 189 pale golden sand 10.7% of canvas
- #86371a MG 159 rich brown 9.1% of canvas
- #3a5f4f MG 058 muted green 7.8% of canvas
- #ca341e MG 017 scarlet red 3.6% of canvas
Color families
Brown 55%, Black 18%, Green 9%, Yellow 4%, Red 4%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 57% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.67 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 4% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 35% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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