Baroque · 1658
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt (1658) by Nicolas Poussin. Its palette is led by dark golden umber (#4e3d20, 26%) and very dark brown (#2f1f0a, 24%), with accents of golden umber, dark grey, white and black. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and balanced between warm and cool.
Color note
Poussin was the model for the other side of the French Academy's great quarrel around 1700: the “Poussinistes” held that drawing matters more than color.
Palette
- #4e3d20 MG 185 dark golden umber 25.5% of canvas
- #2f1f0a MG 170 very dark brown 24.1% of canvas
- #8c9ec0 MG 094 light muted blue 13.0% of canvas
- #74a3e8 MG 102 light blue 11.0% of canvas
- #93754c MG 183 golden umber 10.0% of canvas
- #626160 MG 216 dark grey 8.3% of canvas
- #eef2ed MG 205 white 6.3% of canvas
- #06040d MG 224 black 1.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 57%, Blue 20%, Black 9%, Gray 6%, White 4%
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Composition
56% of the visual weight is in the left half, 62% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.09 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 18% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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