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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.

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Fra Bartolomeo

Fra Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo, also known as Bartolommeo di Pagholo, Bartolommeo di San Marco, Bartolomeo di Paolo di Jacopo del Fattorino, and his original nickname Baccio della Porta, was an Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects.

Palette: #A6825D #513B28 #76502F #9B3D2A #712720 #E0BF88 #996337 #BC773C

  • The Birth of the Virgin (1467): #B0A6A2 #89807C #625A58 #DDCAC1 #085495 #374C6D
  • Lady Playing a Lute (ca. 1530): #090403 #836D4F #241104 #574325 #3E270C #171501
  • Madonna and Child (1480-1485 (Renaissance)): #292727 #997D55 #715A3A #605E51 #49382A #8E8872
  • The Funeral of Saint Francis of Assisi (ca. 1430 (Renaissance)): #9D7D56 #63452D #894F4A #80633F #C2A08D #845130
  • The Dead Christ, the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist (ca. 1451 (Renaissance)): #4C2F1F #28251D #724B25 #632A23 #3D2A20 #7C2823
  • Susannah and the Elders (ca. 1700-27): #372C1E #241B16 #AF9767 #5F4D2C #7C6D4B #D3C199
  • The Myth of Io (ca. 1490 (Renaissance)): #927D35 #D7D5DF #6E5D2B #4D401B #C2B8A9 #47442C
  • Portrait of Pope Pius V (ca. 1566): #292425 #867E77 #412423 #43342B #C6C0B8 #8B7159
  • Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel (1512): #4B2E10 #A57F36 #26160E #351E0C #D0C587 #C1AA62
  • The Nativity: #C1BDAF #95A0A2 #AF9270 #855337 #102845 #817962
  • Annunziata Miracle Painting 1252 Annunziata Florence (1252): #8C7E69 #E2D2C0 #77573E #EFA551 #0B0908 #C98E59
  • The Scene of Christ in the Temple (1516): #0D0D10 #AC652F #822D1C #B53C27 #BD9266 #563718
  • Adona, Eva, Caino e Abele (2014): #472C20 #120C0D #2A1814 #BAA282 #D5D0C8 #6A462C
  • Madonna Col Bambino e Santi 02: #3C332F #836045 #DEBEB0 #783940 #D5806B #B78F75
  • Mariotto a. e Fra Paolino, Incoronazione della Vergine (2017): #1D1B15 #C58D5A #2E2217 #B9A697 #744421 #4D3424
  • Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino, 1506-07 Ca. 01 (2022): #29271E #DEC698 #633E21 #98613C #BD9264 #6F664E
  • Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino, 1506-07 Ca. 02 Veduta Cittadina (2022): #62574F #EAE9E2 #D4C6B3 #0F0E0C #D1A47A #6A3C1F
  • (Attr.), Madonna Col Bambino e San Giovannino, 1516 Ca (2017): #0F0905 #A5978A #30190B #B87849 #4C2B13 #8D7153
  • Christ with the Four Evangelists (1516): #2A1C1D #AF8864 #533833 #7C5140 #B66844 #65272A
  • The Holy Family with St John the Baptist: #E1D7C4 #171316 #B89A7A #7D5939 #B8AEA5 #3B3637
  • Isaiah: #0A0708 #ECD488 #4D3E26 #7C6A43 #521C13 #260F0E
  • Holy Family with Child St. John (2023): #6B553F #7D4B25 #A38A74 #9B213F #5B2F13 #44200C
  • Ritratti Dei Membri Illustri Dell'accademia del Disegno (2018): #2C2011 #562E0F #3E240D #130C05 #4B3926 #E7B25C
  • Madonna and Child with Saints (1512): #5A4C3E #3C302F #8A7759 #B0A078 #2E262B #DED5B0
  • The Vision of Saint Bernard (1504): #0A060C #BBB8AC #B19874 #8A7F73 #8C6A4B #311615
  • Lamentation (1511): #0E1114 #9B6948 #CE573C #684938 #D98D60 #AFA492
  • God the Father with Sts Catherine of Siena and Mary Magdalen (1509): #709BC3 #C3A486 #1D1B11 #968980 #696155 #512C1C
  • Job (1514): #C7B49C #9E833E #2A1816 #A13F20 #863120 #6D2A1F
  • Isaiah (1514): #0A0709 #E5CF85 #625232 #9B834D #441712 #733218
  • Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (1497): #1B1413 #847C7D #C5BEBE #AE8160 #D5AF96 #664329
  • The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena (1511): #2C2C2C #7D705E #2E3F45 #BCAB98 #4B433A #E1D9CC
  • Minerva (1490): #47453A #918B7B #C5C1AF #D17542 #D4A05F #E7C084
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple (1516): #141416 #90513E #A17A57 #6A342D #412721 #674B32
  • Madonna with Child (1509): #9A8579 #786554 #584D44 #443120 #654C31 #926137
  • Christ with the Four Evangelists (1516): #0A080A #B18965 #7B5242 #513734 #452121 #B76640
  • Saint Mark (1515): #BBBFA7 #2F2416 #97987A #655F42 #721D12 #B88566
  • The Annunciation and Circumcision and Nativity of Christ (1500): #B49157 #705944 #EDC974 #4B3934 #89633A #D0A659
  • Adoration of the Child (1499): #080509 #634A32 #8A83B6 #DDD2E7 #3A1F19 #A17351
  • The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist (1510): #0C0B07 #332711 #4A5B48 #514020 #79603C #283327
  • Noli Me Tangere (1506): #47482D #E2D7C1 #6C542B #0D1310 #9A7A4B #898574
  • Incarnation of Christ (1515): #29282D #444340 #696960 #C19A7B #937752 #CABFB6
  • The Rest on the Flight Into Egypt with St. John the Baptist (1509): #020A13 #734C2D #B98562 #486576 #482813 #C9A692
  • Portrait of a Man (1507): #0D0905 #E1CEAB #ABB397 #C3A278 #AD7E55 #785D1E
  • Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Two Putti (Recto); Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and a Putto (Verso) (1505): #D6BD9E #A68C71 #745B46 #A4696D
  • The Nativity (2005): #DED2C0 #B0B3B4 #C0AB8A #8C7E62 #433C2B #18120F
  • Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel (1512): #513311 #15110F #AF8C42 #361F0C #CFC17F #25150D
  • Holy Family (1497): #B2AC91 #23221C #635747 #3D3925 #9E7654 #293833
  • The Virgin Adoring the Child with Saint Joseph (1517): #1E1E14 #927A47 #37201A #706342 #BBA075 #79602A
  • The Madonna and Child with Saint John (1516): #A5A87E #69501F #947D46 #C89B5A #73866E #26281B
  • The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (1506): #DFD5C2 #BE9F7E #130F12 #795535 #B4ABA2 #331213
  • Madonna and Child with Four Angels (1514): #28231D #664626 #293237 #CFAD89 #976844 #AD8966
  • Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and the Patron Saints of Florence (1510): #533C20 #646C67 #2B1A0A #9D8A67 #856A49 #C5AC7F
  • Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola (1498): #24231E #81776C #453F35 #AB896D #DBAC89 #686055
  • Madonna and Child (1516): #0F1012 #EDBC9B #271C19 #C79272 #3E2D22 #55432C
  • Assumption of the Virgin with St. John the Baptist and St. Catherine of Alexandria (1516): #4B4740 #C4A88F #E6C07B #F3CA63 #C7914B #8A6349
  • Holy Family with Child St. John (1495): #7A6552 #6D3F1B #503A27 #9B213F #4D220A #A47E5A
  • The Madonna and Child (1500): #211B15 #EFE6C2 #637488 #E4C18D #B8B6AC #8D5C2A
  • The Madonna and Child in a Landscape with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist (1516): #402B15 #E8B97F #BE8A65 #714D2B #070507 #986542
  • The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist: #847868 #131212 #C7B5A1 #544739 #724E33 #3D2E23
  • Madonna and Child By (1600): #3C432B #151410 #27261F #9D5950 #B27762 #C19C80
  • Penitent Saint Jerome (1498): #9B734C #D8E0DF #514C46 #B6AA9C #8FAAB4 #796653
  • Adoration of the Christ Child (1506): #E3DABF #141412 #D9A662 #38211B #83422D #A89F84
  • Presentation at the Temple: #181518 #403D3E #543D2C #9C723E #7B5745 #B49464

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