The Peasant Wedding

The Peasant Wedding (1568) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Its palette is led by umber (#72572a, 28%) and dark amber brown (#5e4021, 18%), with accents of dark muted green, light grey, rich sienna and bone. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, rich sienna #90412A, takes up just 3% of it.

Palette

#72572a MG 184 umber 28.0% of canvas
#5e4021 MG 168 dark amber brown 18.5% of canvas
#0f0d12 MG 223 soot 17.8% of canvas
#24351c MG 060 dark muted green 13.1% of canvas
#a18151 MG 034 amber 11.9% of canvas
#a5a9a8 MG 213 light grey 4.3% of canvas
#90412a MG 147 rich sienna 3.3% of canvas
#d6cec8 MG 171 bone 3.2% of canvas

Color families

Brown 68%, Black 18%, Yellow 4%, Gray 4%, Green 4%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.42
Contrast: 0.58
Vividness: 0.049
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 235 cells
Hue range: 0.31
Focus: 0.00

Composition

56% of the visual weight is in the right half, 51% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.18 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 9% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1568
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Size: 113.0 × 164.0 cm
Genre: genre art
Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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