Mannerism · 1528
Visitation of Carmignano
Visitation of Carmignano (1528) by Pontormo. Its palette is led by taupe (#5a4f49, 23%) and graphite (#362f2b, 22%), with accents of lime green, orange, light muted red and soot. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown, blue and gray cover about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, rich sienna #782C23, takes up 12% of it.
Palette
- #5a4f49 MG 176 taupe 22.8% of canvas
- #362f2b MG 218 graphite 22.2% of canvas
- #782c23 MG 147 rich sienna 12.3% of canvas
- #2e5d69 MG 083 muted teal 11.8% of canvas
- #537b4f MG 066 lime green 9.2% of canvas
- #a87149 MG 030 orange 9.0% of canvas
- #d1938e MG 010 light muted red 7.1% of canvas
- #101015 MG 223 soot 5.5% of canvas
Color families
Brown 29%, Blue 22%, Gray 16%, Red 14%, Black 10%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 53% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.61 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 32% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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