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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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Piero di Cosimo

Piero di Cosimo, also known as Piero di Lorenzo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, who continued to use an essentially Early Renaissance style into the 16th century.

Palette: #77603F #110D0A #603B1C #C49D69 #895026 #B17641 #D8BE8A #748DA5

  • A Hunting Scene (ca. 1494-1500): #221706 #100B02 #3A270B #55360D #7E6437 #4F452A
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1530): #121110 #3A392D #5F5A44 #222221 #34201C #9B7F63
  • The Young Saint John the Baptist (ca. 1480-82): #16110C #50391A #AC8F68 #7A5C33 #2D261A #4D432B
  • The Return from the Hunt (ca. 1494-1500): #34271B #9C9A81 #695F49 #1C1812 #583F24 #727869
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1470s): #AC8B6F #272719 #16282E #806157 #63523B #5B3736
  • The Flight Into Egypt (1470s): #5E4525 #442F18 #302314 #801E09 #7E6A4A #3A3D30
  • Saint Louis of Toulouse (1484?): #956841 #4A3D39 #562A2F #343235 #666363 #BDA289
  • Madonna and Child with Two Angels (early 1480s): #785F3F #4C3526 #2C2920 #315675 #9B593E #A28564
  • Portret van Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo (Ca. 1404-1482), Architect en Musicus (1482): #14130E #68522E #A48455 #345784 #362B1D #6383A2
  • Portret van Giuliano da Sangallo (Ca. 1445-1516), Architect (1482): #15130E #705934 #392A1B #AB8857 #3D618D #6385A7
  • Madonna and Child (ca. 1480 (Renaissance)): #795A28 #180C17 #5D3F1D #2E241E #47331F #A08347
  • A Satyr Mourning Over a Nymph (about 1495): #A47C5A #633823 #484020 #94A09D #708489 #35261A
  • Madonna and Child with a Dove: #13110E #2B2216 #2D2F4B #473821 #1C1C2A #7079A6
  • Madonna with St. John the Baptist (2023): #835727 #5E4224 #12202A #382210 #130A05 #49290D
  • A Young Man: #0B0D08 #A9431D #536A93 #97B1E6 #748CC3 #BA6E3E
  • Portrait de Femme Dit de Simonetta Vespucci (1490): #BCB7AC #866B36 #A4927D #534539 #606F70 #6A411F
  • The Visitation with Saints Nicholas and Anthony: #39301C #201F15 #CED0C7 #99773C #646349 #ABB3B0
  • Heimsuchung, Szene: Maria und Hl. Elisabeth, Hl. Nikolaus und Hl. Antonius, Detail: Hl. Antonius (1480): #110D05 #23210A #B08652 #3C3312 #4A480E #74461C
  • (Attr.), Madonna Col Bambino e Angeli, 1500-10 Ca. 01 (2022): #9A5830 #3A1D0E #58351E #C39E67 #977146 #121110
  • (Attr.), Madonna Col Bambino e Angeli, 1500-10 Ca. 02 (2022): #CC9B72 #AD7648 #A99683 #82502C #A55729 #140B06
  • (Attr.), Madonna Col Bambino e Angeli, 1500-10 Ca. 03 Uccellino (2022): #B69260 #876435 #E04F31 #68461F #BE2313 #404347
  • The Return from the Hunt: #E2D0AC #26190E #3F2610 #D4AB65 #BCA57D #90744B
  • Holy Family (1495): #D4BE93 #987F4C #9F585C #9DC2EA #365A83 #735726
  • Christ on the Cross ("Volto Santo") (1500): #CFB18B #523124 #331812 #7C462F #A14928 #CA7332
  • Holy Family with Angels (1520): #382D1D #625235 #1A1911 #666A5A #C4C4C4 #8F8165
  • The Adoration of the Child (1495): #6F5636 #B3A79E #4A2B0F #C49861 #9B7848 #6A3911
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Sts. Peter, John the Baptist, Dominic and Nicholas of Bari (1483): #171413 #9D815C #545C2F #C0C4CD #0D3E75 #39639F
  • Rest on the Flight Into Egypt: #8E4E18 #602E0E #44210E #CABD91 #60582F #0C0806
  • Madonna and Child with Two Angels (1507): #08080A #F4ECE0 #BF423A #6D8AA7 #8E643F #D09C80
  • Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (1517): #060609 #6B7677 #8C593A #5A3120 #324146 #C07758
  • Magdalen Reading (1522-1966): #18150F #C2B49B #5D4A2C #A68062 #875036 #A7743B
  • Portrait of Giuliano Giamberti da Sangallo (1483): #2F2D29 #436C98 #C58F5A #504E46 #B7CACD #779EC0
  • The Young Saint John the Baptist (1480): #120D0E #D7B37B #322117 #AB7942 #5D3518 #845424
  • Allegory (1500): #C2BEA4 #706042 #9D9071 #836A33 #4B3C29 #2D2018
  • Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, and Angels (2007): #1D1B12 #45250C #1B0C05 #8C6237 #C9986A #282209
  • Two Angels (1512): #AAA897 #D05035 #BC7842 #381D1F #7E4023 #67161A
  • A Young Man (1500): #0B0D08 #B65D31 #92ABE2 #556B93 #7087BD #A13312
  • The Fight Between the Lapiths and the Centaurs (1515): #0F0808 #2F211E #EAD8BC #5E4237 #7E5B4B #CAB59B
  • Saint Mary Magdalene (1490): #100C07 #794620 #BF9874 #A46E41 #A8251D #593013
  • The Myth of Prometheus (1515): #5A4A3B #332B26 #664828 #61889B #9E8866 #CBB585
  • Sacra Conversazione (1480): #806640 #5D4322 #3D3121 #452B0F #B49A6A #110D0A
  • The Death of Procris (1495): #C2C3BE #3F3C17 #EFB87B #834427 #CF8552 #5A2914
  • Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci (1480): #B1A38C #876337 #563423 #A08465 #4C443C #88847A
  • Incarnation of Jesus By (1500): #95B3CB #774D1A #50150C #593614 #DBDCC8 #781D0F
  • Madonna and Child with a Dove (1490): #1B1818 #473320 #2F385A #7584A4 #CCBE93 #674B29
  • Perseus Freeing Andromeda (1510): #856B3A #9BA59C #6F6D4B #444327 #B49A6A #C5C0A2
  • A Hunting Scene (1500): #231C1D #0B090E #7D5E3C #574030 #41332E #2A1B13
  • Misfortunes of Silenus By (1500): #845826 #9F9878 #AB7833 #563213 #D7A969 #C4B285
  • Sermon on the Mount (1481): #36312D #71604F #1E1815 #5B5F6F #9E8468 #4A3727
  • The Forest Fire (1505): #271F15 #150E08 #3C2C18 #564839 #836F46 #70532E
  • Return from the Hunt By (1500): #0E090B #C5BA94 #34241D #6F5A3C #EFEABF #918367
  • The Finding of Vulcan on Lemnos (1490): #EED585 #68572D #0F0806 #392515 #C1A868 #9A5F28
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter, John the Evangelist, Elizabeth of Hungary (?), Catherine of Alexandria and Angels (1493): #413015 #847858 #55671A #3D4050 #B1A680 #DFC092
  • Discovery of Honey By (1499): #976A2E #7E887C #110809 #C29558 #686320 #7D4A25
  • Venus, Mars and Cupid (1505): #564A2A #2F2619 #DFC386 #190F0C #896B45 #B59360
  • Visitation (1490): #181008 #8C6231 #AA8E65 #2D2410 #513815 #9BB9C4
  • Vulcan and Aeolus By (1490): #120A0B #2C201A #9D693D #E3E3D1 #473C27 #55281D
  • Portrait of Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo (1483): #313321 #5D5434 #A26A37 #AEB19C #A94B2A #7F4A2F

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