Venus and Cupid

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City, NY, US · 92.4 x 111.4 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Venus and Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
31.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
21.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#624426 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 67°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 31.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 31.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Venus and Cupid" (1530) reads as a deep, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E1CB84 pulls the eye.

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