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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 van der Heyden

Jan van der Heyden was a Dutch Baroque-era painter, glass painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Van der Heyden was one of the first Dutch painters to specialize in townscapes and became one of the leading architectural painters of the Dutch Golden Age.

Palette: #645332 #34230F #A3A699 #453C23 #483314 #8DA6B6 #767365 #787245

  • An Architectural Fantasy (ca. 1670): #92B0C7 #A5B1AD #6A5033 #4F301F #381D12 #19120E
  • De Stenen Brug (1660): #170F06 #4B3515 #2B1C0A #787563 #594D32 #37270D
  • De Ophaalbrug (1660): #493313 #757368 #2E210B #74582F #5E4C2B #98988B
  • De Nieuwe Zijds Voorburgwal Met de Oude Haarlemmersluis Te Amsterdam (Met Topografische Vrijheden) (1670): #3B2C19 #8A9FAF #A5A093 #1E170C #6D5939 #554329
  • Een Landhuis (1660): #473F24 #AFB59D #A6A37A #786D42 #262316 #625530
  • De Sankt Severin Te Keulen Opgenomen in Een Gefantaseerd Stadsbeeld (1660): #B4C1BB #CFCEB4 #797648 #393B21 #202415 #535533

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