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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.

Scanning works…

Jan Lievens

8 works, 1626 to 1652.

Palette: #1F1B13 #342817 #957D53 #513D21 #0B0D08 #735428 #554D2F #614533

  • Bearded Man with a Beret (ca. 1630): #2A1E07 #4E3A20 #A3794A #110C04 #3F2A0B #734E2A
  • Simson en Delila (1630): #33271C #B3966A #1E1913 #614527 #846136 #483826
  • Vanitas Stilleven (1627): #15120C #3B301D #241E12 #85714E #604A2B #C1AE89
  • Lezende Oude Vrouw (1626): #1E1A13 #34291C #614533 #927152 #B39E76
  • Allegorie Op de Vrede (1652): #221E12 #543D1F #352715 #837248 #605A3A #454127
  • Maerten Harpertsz Tromp (1597-1653). Luitenant-Admiraal (1640): #262118 #332B1A #57411B #735521 #41371E #9B874B
  • Cornelia Teding van Berkhout (1614-80). Echtgenote van Maerten Harpertsz Tromp (1640): #2A251D #3A2E1C #877A4F #483D23 #5B4F2D #C3B88D
  • Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), Heer van Zuylichem. Secretaris van Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik en Dichter (1628): #0B0D08 #191810 #8C7F57 #473A20

The Palette

The Works

How the palette changed

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