Sleeping Venus and Cupid

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany · 71 x 96 cm

Smoldering Crepuscule
Smoldering Suppressed heat in dark register - low-key with a warm undertone, ember-like.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Sleeping Venus and Cupid by Nicolas Poussin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
17.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#392422 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 35°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 17.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 17.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sleeping Venus and Cupid" (1630) reads as a deep, mid-saturation warm palette built around Purple and Warm Grey. One color carries 36% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #EEB95F pulls the eye.

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