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The 1500s Palette

The dominant colours of 1500s painting, quantized into a swatch ramp drawn straight from the catalog. Each swatch sits behind a fame-top work of that hue.

Venus and Adonis
#3b2819
Venus with a Mirror
#331b0e
Venus and Mars
#2b2519
Venus and Cupid
#533e3c
Venus and Adonis
#46311d
The Harvesters
#785f37
Saint George and the Dragon
#4c3a1c
Madonna and Child
#2a2219
The Alba Madonna
#4f5144
Saint Martin and the Beggar
#3a4740
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
#b46943
The Musicians
#332114
The Holy Family
#2c332b
Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan
#542f33
The Temptation of Christ
#79693c
Landscape with Bathsheba
#3a3020
The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist
#433938
Saint Catherine
#d17c63
The Holy Family
#2e2414
Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels)
#33332c
Venus and Music
#362718
The Ages and Death
#b0824c
Venus and Adonis
#453b2c
Virgin and Child with Four Angels
#2e281f