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Giovanni Bellini

Bellini pioneered the Venetian tradition of building form through color rather than line. His Madonnas glow with a warm, golden light that comes from within the paint itself.

Palette: #5F4A32 #94714B #D2AB73 #B9854C #7F4E2D #69341E #AC5334 #952F1F

  • Madonna and Child (late 1480s): #0E070A #A03910 #B5925B #979DA1 #1F1E36 #7F5B37
  • Madonna and Child (ca. 1510): #414E28 #D3AF8E #6B703C #478CAA #93885E #BD8061
  • Madonna and Child (probably 1440s): #BB8348 #9B5D2B #131112 #7C4423 #49231B #51392B
  • Madonna Met Kind (1465): #8C6D42 #4B1009 #562914 #69715E #3F2F1A #3A4F50
  • Madonna Met Kind (1470): #0E1119 #CFB68C #292B33 #464648 #656463 #A58B6C
  • Maria Met Kind (1490): #D9C289 #404325 #977C4B #945948 #AAA47E #62352B
  • Portret van Een Vrouw (1450): #0E1017 #DABA8D #A88149 #403024 #573E29 #77542C
  • Madonna and Child with Four Saints (ca. 1500 (Renaissance)): #302319 #92703F #5F3E1F #272A3B #443A22 #B0A27E
  • Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Mark and Three Venetian Procurators (1510 (Renaissance)): #2B2825 #B1A18E #7E6F60 #52463C #42527F #5B3326
  • Madonna and Child: #0C0911 #472E26 #DEBFA6 #D29F6F #26171A #9C1F37
  • Madonna with Child.: #506890 #0B0E13 #D8BFA8 #7D97BD #B59275 #202C3E
  • Madonna Col Bambino in Piedi Benedicente: #101E33 #BD9374 #9CB0C5 #122D51 #10396C #412B24
  • Pala di San Giobbe By: #393839 #726C60 #535252 #A7A295 #D8B978 #A78858
  • Saint Benedict of Nursia and Saint Mark: #C6A372 #1A2C38 #816B44 #E4EACB #0A181E #878D80
  • Saint Nicholas, Saint Peter: #C3AD7D #212128 #303027 #54452E #8F7C58 #484546
  • The Vigrine and Child: #202632 #51424E #2F271E #A2894C #7A6A54 #BAAB7D
  • Christ Blessing: #D09F4C #826126 #695D3A #2C2110 #6A8271 #A69B6B
  • Copy of the Painting of the Transfiguration: #65391A #BBB6A2 #34261B #95613B #EFD4A0 #BD7B49
  • Madonna and Child (1475): #13150D #C8864A #030702 #764325 #3F3022 #9E5C31
  • Enthroned Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (1475): #8A7559 #312921 #B99A77 #7B897F #654E36 #504E42
  • Madonna and Child Blessing (1464): #181F29 #D9BB89 #91875E #CD9E58 #BB803C #655837
  • Frizzoni Madonna (1470): #5488B0 #D2AF8F #A2C9D1 #5F3D31 #8F7362 #EFE8D3
  • Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (1475): #832720 #D49A6F #AC6343 #D0C3A4 #989372 #5E6757
  • The Poet Raffaele Zovenzoni (1467): #1C1A18 #B78C4D #623B23 #915F32 #2E251E #402A1D
  • Resurrection of Christ (1475): #28201D #403027 #876A4C #C5A07F #5B4433 #75798A
  • Madonna and Child with Four Saints and Donor (1507): #443D34 #554329 #745C36 #95733E #2F271F #C9AC73
  • Portrait of a Man (1490): #1D141F #63696F #462D30 #784B35 #AD875B #4B474A
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1516): #181614 #070C0B #D1DDD9 #607391 #9BB0BF #C48757
  • Annunciation (1500): #8A6A45 #5F442B #B58F5C #4D050F #3A1C0E #E1BD81
  • Virgin and Child (1959): #B59979 #8C6F4F #9B9687 #BB8049 #654835 #75807B
  • Blessing Christ: #6D8778 #9D1B0C #100F0B #513816 #8B6326 #757549
  • The Head of Christ (1505): #191513 #D19C6A #282E38 #331E16 #C9756D #65552C
  • Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Elizabeth (1495): #97A4BF #200B1A #6A7EAF #88743D #6E582C #160943
  • Saint Jerome in the Desert (1450): #524E32 #7D462F #5D332A #C99F42 #96562E #CFEADE
  • Christ Blessing (1500): #EEDFB1 #C0934D #86B9F7 #E7C378 #492620 #110605
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Mark (1526): #5A5043 #847561 #AB9E87 #DACDAD #0C0909 #836140
  • Head of a Gentleman: #161514 #513724 #C48A61 #30251C #C1C1C8 #75482D
  • Christ Carrying the Cross (1500): #1C1814 #553623 #A6A8A2 #6F706E #434443 #39281E
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Donor (1505): #241A18 #1B2230 #C4D1D6 #D5B588 #A88D60 #6D3C24
  • Virgin with the Sleeping Child on a Parapet (1472): #9D8562 #5A6B6E #504432 #8B836A #2D3332 #7D5A38
  • Pietà with Saint John the Evangelist (1455): #758F82 #97765F #151515 #65695C #2A2018 #453B2E
  • Madonna and Child Giving a Blessing (1480): #343533 #352C0C #4C3E2A #211E10 #C29D66 #635C4F
  • The Virgin and Child (1470): #2C2B21 #B59F72 #A77A46 #563524 #845E38 #4C4E39
  • Portrait of a Procurator (1507): #2F2B2B #3B3C43 #9D7555 #543D2F #6A2F2D #73493D
  • The Lamentation: the Corpse of Christ Held by Mary and St. John / Pieta (1516): #322D1D #8DB7D5 #E6D38F #21384C #8F7B43 #BDA561
  • The Virgin with the Blessing Child (1516): #AA8F45 #232727 #CCBA81 #2B2616 #987B46 #705835
  • The Doge Leonardo Loredan with Four Companions (1507): #775F50 #534138 #D3C39A #555F39 #80523F #322E29
  • Portrait of a Young Senator (1500): #BA9A77 #6590B5 #03103C #9A3D43 #1E5A8B #796155
  • Crucifixion (1480): #15191E #A97B3D #5A4531 #3C3430 #B0A792 #566D89
  • The Madonna and Child (1465): #0B0911 #DDBDA3 #452C26 #CF9C6B #231214 #755146
  • Madonna Dudley (1508): #6F4C3E #645B4B #C7A291 #949B97 #376282 #0F2B38
  • Madonna Kalmar (1457): #2A2725 #B3AFA9 #9A6D51 #483624 #70797F #221A13
  • Drunkenness of Noah (1515): #553B2F #D4AF6A #BA8048 #816440 #AA8E5D #E7D08E
  • The Clemency of Scipio (1506): #8B826F #5C5143 #532F1F #C0B6A1 #3C2F24 #331E13
  • Madonna del Prato (1500): #5C4426 #778784 #A28564 #1D4159 #496D80 #1B2C39
  • Altarpiece of St. Vincent Ferrer (1500): #A97B58 #86563A #0E0A0A #C4B7A1 #5F3E2D #403A34
  • Agony in the Garden (1459): #3E301F #80572F #63472C #3D6173 #261C10 #452B13
  • Holy Allegory (1490): #4E3220 #C6BAA3 #201E1F #9F8A6C #C89D66 #775033
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels (1487): #474646 #908A7A #CBAC70 #2E2B2D #686662 #BBB6AA
  • Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1500): #344C5A #7A6D54 #643A21 #524734 #393024 #AFA185
  • Contarini Madonna (1475): #111D2F #D0AA8D #0D284B #133A6C #9BB0C6 #1F1615
  • San Zaccaria Altarpiece (1505): #BAB3A5 #453D3B #74614E #84807A #452D23 #C4AA89
  • The Infant Bacchus (1514): #473121 #120C0B #2D1E15 #232025 #6A7990 #363843
  • Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels (1472): #D6B567 #B88B3C #CA9166 #C7B693 #73593C #A56035
  • Naked Young Woman in Front of the Mirror (1515): #10190C #D9C29A #AD895F #060A04 #715733 #5F7681
  • Lochis Madonna (1476): #2D251D #9B7C52 #2B3D5F #55361C #BEA57C #1C293E
  • Madonna with Child (1450): #0A080C #C5B586 #613B2A #7D5235 #B38E5C #9B6F45
  • The Virgin and Child Between Two Saints (1490): #080A05 #272C1C #B4A076 #795326 #6A3A1C #352111
  • Madonna and Child Between Saints Catherine and Mary Magdalene (1490): #0F0F14 #0E1522 #E9CA9A #74502F #BA996D #5C2D14
  • Madonna of the Red Cherubim (1485): #141C28 #19324C #657077 #265987 #BD8B6F #6F272D
  • Madonna of the Small Trees (1487): #AFA943 #D8AB76 #152944 #A5754D #F4D3A8 #335B8C
  • Alzano Madonna (1486): #22354C #927C4F #85661F #E9D0A1 #829FAD #C2A87B
  • Madonna with the Child (1460): #171310 #815432 #D08E43 #342920 #AE7239 #523727
  • Barbarigo Altarpiece (1488): #0E0B0D #5A453B #302827 #8D312A #C69A79 #8B6D5B
  • Pesaro Altarpiece (1471): #7C4C31 #D2C7C2 #AC7851 #4D3C31 #59301D #1D0D09
  • Pietà with Madonna and St. John the Evangelist (1455): #080A0B #ADB289 #89845A #5D5C36 #1C100C #60441C
  • Pietà (1460): #A89684 #19140E #39444B #665040 #8B8F8B #856E5C
  • Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria (1500): #887468 #CFBEAF #4E423B #28201C #B29C8C #976F58
  • Presentation at the Temple (1469): #1D1D21 #AA8964 #765740 #E1C9A1 #A95133 #6D2F1F
  • Portrait of a Man (1500): #120F12 #4B3436 #919C8F #82564A #708089 #C0946E
  • Madonna and Child with Donor (1505): #17120F #8C9AA4 #AC6E54 #483117 #601A1E #6A482C
  • The Feast of the Gods (1514): #252315 #553923 #423C1B #434131 #6D5A35 #8F6B46
  • Calvary (1970-2039): #665735 #453A26 #8F8052 #2C2415 #ECE2AC #120F08
  • Madonna and Child with St. Peter and St. Sebastian (1480): #A89A75 #736549 #352C1E #53462F #1F180F #7481AE
  • Madonna and Child with Saints (1490): #171618 #434F89 #322B25 #494135 #9B9379 #604F31
  • St. Augustine (1980): #705A42 #868F7E #454237 #DED8C5 #263636 #4F3B2B
  • St. Anthony (1980): #313B37 #806B55 #99C7D8 #524537 #4E96B9 #EC8E6D
  • Christ Crowned with Thorns (1507): #3A2C22 #BAA168 #8A6C41 #5F452B #251F1D #AA9B85
  • Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child (1455): #848E81 #4A4B41 #795E41 #B3A48B #968368 #6F6958
  • Portrait of Joerg Fugger (1474): #171918 #3C2F31 #D79F6C #A57E59 #E8C59D #85624B
  • Giovanni Emo (1470): #18232F #B08958 #263043 #744F38 #8E6743 #502E26
  • Portrait of Fra Teodoro of Urbino as Saint Dominic (1515): #1A191B #6F321B #57571C #313910 #20250F #8C7438
  • Portrait of a Young Man in Red (1480): #20273B #A34D33 #616A67 #566886 #8C4739 #30435D
  • Madonna and Child Between Saint John the Baptist and a Saint (1504): #7F96AC #13100F #3A2418 #AA7956 #E0C09F #ACB4B6
  • Saint Francis in the Desert (1480): #8B845C #282116 #645532 #4D3918 #120E07 #836835
  • Saint Jerome Reading in the Desert (1480): #543119 #1E110B #D59D61 #784E2D #A16A3A #B18862
  • St Jerome Reading in the Countryside (1505): #4B402D #6C5632 #2D2922 #968456 #456C9D #6688AD
  • Saints Christopher, Jerome and Louis of Toulouse (1513): #39261C #0E0C09 #5E4631 #877E86 #B6A497 #622D1F
  • Transfiguration of Christ (1455): #2C2415 #C1B59D #19120C #614C2D #676E77 #9A9BA1
  • Frari Triptych (1488): #CFAB68 #605951 #22232D #8D6A33 #654418 #775D3A
  • Triptych of the Madonna (1464): #764A26 #5C432E #BEB2A4 #1C1816 #4B1E12 #9A8162
  • Triptych of Birth of Christ (1464): #B19267 #3A2E24 #C08E45 #6B4D33 #805126 #E0CCA7
  • Triptych of Saint Lawrence (1464): #C8B398 #89512C #191318 #BA894F #613E2E #632717
  • Virgin Mary in the Glory with Saints (1515): #695034 #2F241A #491D14 #A99EA1 #C39D74 #33140F
  • Willys Madonna (1485): #2C401A #01072D #010A3B #01124F #370616 #2A81D7
  • Madonna and Child in a Landscape (1480): #272923 #646649 #C5BA80 #DDC074 #B49359 #918E62
  • Portrait of a Venetian Gentleman (1500): #10110D #4F301F #D1996C #598499 #794F2D #2D1F17
  • Lehman Madonna (1470): #AC9977 #161719 #826641 #2C4855 #4B381C #7E8785
  • Virgin and Child: #362D27 #8E8476 #855839 #1D1711 #584740 #B98966
  • Sacred Conversation (1507): #252921 #4F4733 #667882 #776E4B #754435 #976C45
  • The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (1507): #4C3C22 #6F5735 #937750 #2E2414 #523516 #8A9BA3
  • The Blood of the Redeemer (1462): #E9CCB1 #7A482B #44261A #A47C5D #694936 #F2EDEA
  • Saint Jerome Reading in a Landscape (1482): #503C25 #342618 #728790 #785A38 #A37846 #2A4257
  • The Dead Christ Supported by Angels (1467): #201C17 #947955 #654F36 #3A2B1D #845F3D #712F20
  • A Dominican, with the Attributes of Saint Peter Martyr (1513): #23211B #4A2D1A #69431D #916729 #382E20 #AE9248
  • Transfiguration: #6C3B1A #BDB7A3 #A0673F #32271C #4D2D15 #F0D6A2
  • Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist (1495): #0A0809 #895A44 #8C8189 #C99A84 #5E6D8F #DBD1CA
  • Presentation of Jesus (1500): #332F31 #A49483 #7A6A55 #585D71 #5B4D40 #B69161
  • The Descent of Christ Into Limbo (1450): #201D1E #3A2B25 #9B744C #A76D36 #5D3C29 #CA9C64
  • The Lamentation with Saints Mark and Nicholas of Bari: #866D62 #A39593 #C1A698 #3C3830 #60585A #644638
  • Portrait of a Boy (1475): #131007 #C8994E #855718 #241609 #4A2E0F #DDBA79
  • Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Sebastian, and Three Music-Making Angels (1525): #342617 #453F2D #735D38 #5C6762 #959788 #1B1911
  • St Jerome Reading in a Landscape: #C8AB6B #846335 #20150C #463118 #91A0B3 #E7E6D7
  • Allegory of Slander (1516): #514024 #C5A458 #936E35 #B67635 #6C4B22 #8C5124
  • The Madonna and Child with Saint Paul and Saint Catherine (1516): #D0CAB2 #AB7D4D #AC9C78 #66979A #151C14 #1F6E7B
  • The Circumcision (1516): #060A0F #8C4821 #B4A47A #1D2426 #DDD9BB #582E18
  • Three Stories of Drusiana and of St John the Evangelist (1465): #7F5B3E #CDB28E #BC9163 #F1E0BF #3C190D #A1703E
  • Madonna and Child (Madonna Corsini) (1487): #1E1E1D #D2B396 #746429 #AF8B72 #3F3420 #4A638A
  • Perseverance (1490): #5C4622 #69361C #877F84 #935B31 #31160B #ACB2A1
  • Fortune (1490): #110C09 #251D13 #4C3924 #A98656 #858EA6 #775431
  • Falsehood (1490): #E2D1BA #B48A4E #917D53 #A1B0AE #DDB479 #474535
  • Prudence (1490): #784C23 #937544 #65523A #C0A982 #4F3014 #B4733B
  • Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anne (1500): #151010 #D0B899 #2E180A #412412 #B89679 #2A2F40
  • Lamentation Over the Dead Christ (ca. 1516): #382D1D #7C6126 #AD8B45 #504025 #DED1A0 #E8E5D2
  • Portrait of a Young Man in Red (c. 1480): #1D1A16 #843220 #314F4F #4F4E39 #C78B48 #69291C
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1475): #1F1916 #E24218 #151A18 #B62A11 #E3843C #F8B367
  • The Virgin and Child: #685127 #493619 #977845 #3C0806 #2D1F18 #56220C
  • Virgin and Child (1516): #10100F #D2B18D #A98867 #1E2128 #242E3F #846344
  • Madonna and Child (1514): #17192B #9F654E #292D33 #813E38 #55252B #3B3F3B
  • Madonna with the Child (1470): #3D5A63 #C48B5D #858F8D #895839 #953C24 #361611
  • Blessing Christ (1500): #AA250F #5F7A6C #0E0E0A #801009 #8A6125 #777649
  • Den Törnekrönte Kristus: #E5CB8A #573C1E #87683A #B0915B #301D10 #170D0C
  • Kristushuvud: #1A170F #2E2312 #A57A40 #4C3519 #DEA769 #755226

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