The Feast of the Gods

The Feast of the Gods (1514) by Giovanni Bellini. Its palette is led by dark olive (#3d361e, 28%) and very dark muted green (#191c10, 25%), with accents of dark muted azure blue, light tan and pale muted golden cream. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown and black cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, dark muted azure blue #244968, takes up 5% of it.

Palette

#3d361e MG 195 dark olive 27.7% of canvas
#191c10 MG 061 very dark muted green 25.1% of canvas
#5b4e31 MG 176 taupe 18.3% of canvas
#76673f MG 188 rich amber ochre 16.8% of canvas
#244968 MG 098 dark muted azure blue 5.4% of canvas
#b89e7d MG 164 light tan 4.9% of canvas
#e3d3b2 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 1.8% of canvas

Color families

Brown 57%, Black 19%, Green 9%, Blue 6%, Gray 4%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.39
Contrast: 0.45
Vividness: 0.039
Warmth: +0.74
Complexity: 175 cells
Hue range: 0.64
Focus: 0.00

Composition

54% of the visual weight is in the right half, 61% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.12 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 10% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 30% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1514
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 170.2 × 188.0 cm
Genre: mythological painting
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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