Mannerism · 1526
The Vision of Saint Jerome
The Vision of Saint Jerome (1526) by Parmigianino. Its palette is led by warm black (#1e1a13, 40%) and dark taupe (#45392b, 29%), with accents of stone, oatmeal and dark rich sienna. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover about nine-tenths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, dark rich sienna #79251A, takes up just 3% of it.
Palette
- #1e1a13 MG 220 warm black 39.5% of canvas
- #45392b MG 177 dark taupe 29.1% of canvas
- #6c6757 MG 175 stone 10.4% of canvas
- #9a8871 MG 165 amber brown 8.9% of canvas
- #000000 MG 224 black 4.8% of canvas
- #bab39c MG 172 oatmeal 4.7% of canvas
- #79251a MG 148 dark rich sienna 2.6% of canvas
Color families
Brown 48%, Black 40%, Gray 8%, Red 2%, Orange 1%
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Composition
55% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.53 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 20% 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.
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- Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, c. 1523
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