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A living archive of how artists work with color across time. Each artist profile scans publicly available works to trace dominant colors, a chromatic fingerprint, and the arc of a palette across a lifetime.A living archive of how artists work with color across time, tracing palettes, fingerprints, and lifetime arcs from public works.

Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.

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Carpaccio

Vittore Carpaccio was an Italian painter of the Venetian school who studied under Gentile Bellini. Carpaccio was largely influenced by the style of the early Italian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina, as well as Early Netherlandish painting.

Palette: #89623B #513824 #72553D #A3885F #AE7B41 #693C1D #8E4321 #721A17

  • The Meditation on the Passion (ca. 1490): #4D392A #7C6348 #42565B #2D261C #46271F #1A1813
  • Hunting on the Lagoon (Recto); Letter Rack (Verso) (about 1490-1495): #9C9882 #7B7B67 #52513B #4B2D15 #876948 #2E1C0C
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Donor (1507 (Renaissance)): #BDAC83 #9F8552 #2C211C #4B351E #695531 #846430
  • Ritratto d'Uomo Col Berretto Rosso by Vittore: #55342B #D6D6D0 #AC8264 #86231B #6E231D #7B95AA
  • Incontro di Gioacchino e Anna con San Luigi IX e Santa Libera: #CEA57E #A08A5C #806D4D #675238 #151711 #58371B
  • Miracle of the Holy Cross at Rialto by Vittore: #212722 #6F665B #B9CAD9 #EAE0D3 #3F3F3C #A89683
  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Vittore Cat.44: #948479 #4C3F3F #CFC1B1 #40251B #5A3825 #725239
  • Vierge à L'Enfant: #3B282E #465E74 #966B46 #C3C8BD #9F9589 #2D373D
  • Marija Z Detetom Vittore (2024): #E2D4E4 #A4878B #4F515E #716771 #27232C #8D6663
  • Musée Ingres-Bourdelle: #252427 #887059 #141517 #382E29 #6B3F2C #5C4B3F
  • The Miracle of St. Tryphon (c.15): #805931 #272210 #482B14 #AC7843 #564025 #9C4124
  • Vitalis of Milan Painting by in Venice (2013): #595548 #6E583C #847F6F #AAA593 #A57648 #A5936B
  • A Bishop Saint Blessing (1514): #B3A68D #AD7B36 #824A1A #1C180F #79563A #643A17
  • Saint John the Baptist (1505): #915A23 #BA8D47 #BEBFBD #6C441D #621311 #7F1210
  • Saint Peter Martyr (1505): #15160D #AF8037 #9C958A #E0D4B5 #6A3914 #4C2614
  • Young Knight in a Landscape (Also Known as Portrait of a Knight) (1510): #28241E #4F3F25 #7D653C #A68D5A #BBC1CC #46433D

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