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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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Jan Adam Kruseman

Jan Adam Kruseman was a Dutch painter, known primarily for his portraits, although he also did landscapes and genre scenes.

Palette: #362C1D #0F0E0F #66583C #4F3F2A #A99E81 #91784D #402218 #817D68

  • Rustend Meisje (1827): #7F816F #6D573F #3D362A #A7A082 #201F1C #4F4E3D
  • Rodolphe le Chevalier (1777-1865). Koopman Te Amsterdam en Een der Drie Oprichters van de Hollandse Ijzeren Spoorweg Maatschappij (1850): #070A0F #2F2923 #422415 #7F7864 #674C2B #54331A
  • Catharina Annette Fraser (1834): #636047 #353023 #848066 #D2BB91 #231B16 #381D17
  • Dr Cornelis Hendrik à Roy (1751-1833). Geneesheer en Biograaf (1833): #141414 #392E1A #4C3D1E #806B42 #282219
  • Dieuwke Fontein (1800-79). Tweede Echtgenote van Adriaan van der Hoop (Getrouwd 1834) (1844): #3C221E #6B5A3A #523A27 #2A1513 #E7D4AD #8E7851
  • Gijsbertus Johannes Rooyens (1785-1846). Hoogleraar in de Theologie en de Kerkgeschiedenis Te Amsterdam (1828): #0E0F0D #2B2317 #998055 #715C3C #3D3120
  • Salomé Met Het Hoofd van Johannes de Doper (1861): #ACA07B #5C543B #8F774C #2E1E12 #673D22 #40311E
  • Regenten en Regentessen van Het Leprozenhuis Te Amsterdam (1834): #2C2A24 #141717 #4B4233 #998660 #6D4D33 #503829
  • Portret van Alida Christina Assink (1833): #61563E #120303 #423721 #8D8470 #2B110C #392410
  • Portret van Willem II (1839): #A59E8B #3B2F23 #8B6A3E #5B472B #796F5B #A88854

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