Death and the Miser

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US · 31 x 93 cm

Lustrous Sienna
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
23.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#885D4E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 46°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Death and the Miser" (1500) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #24141E pulls the eye.

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