The battle of Issus

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, Germany · 158 x 120 cm

Brooding Sienna
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
The battle of Issus by Albrecht Altdorfer

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#4A4D57 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 302°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The battle of Issus" (1529) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #DDBB9F pulls the eye.

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