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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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Jacob (I) Jordaens

Jacques "Jacob" Jordaens was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and a designer of tapestries and prints. He was a prolific artist who created biblical, mythological, and allegorical compositions, genre scenes, landscapes, illustrations of Flemish sayings and portraits.

Palette: #443521 #69593B #272118 #907B53 #694124 #827C6B #BDAB80 #5C2319

  • Deborah Kip, Wife of Sir Balthasar Gerbier, and Her Children (1629-30): #452F1D #2E2619 #6F4023 #554C35 #1E1814 #796E56
  • Een Satyr (1630): #3E3018 #262012 #7A7551 #574F2D #6F5128 #AF8E56
  • De Kruisdraging (1657): #372F23 #9F8C69 #21211C #523B25 #6A543A #52534A
  • Portret van Rogier le Witer, Koopman in Antwerpen (1635): #12120E #7A7A6F #4B3A25 #322A1E #622016 #565242
  • Portret van Catharina Behaghel, Echtgenote van Rogier le Witer (1635): #141411 #5D4D37 #3F3525 #4E1F17 #3B1712 #281510
  • Portret van Magdalena de Cuyper, Moeder van Rogier le Witer (1635): #1B1B19 #2C2017 #431713 #51422B #5B251A #0D0E0A
  • Marsyas Door de Muzen Mishandeld (1630): #6E5530 #4E3F25 #968254 #2B281C #3C3321 #6F724F
  • Ontmoeting van Odysseus en Nausicaa (1630): #16110B #8C846B #67624D #4E3E26 #B2A178 #2F2015
  • Het Wonder van de Stater in de Bek van de Vis (1630): #413A26 #212018 #A68B4C #785E30 #645F3D #0E130E

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