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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 Scorel

Jan van Scorel was a Dutch painter, who played a leading role in introducing aspects of Italian Renaissance painting into Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. He was one of the early painters of the Romanist style who had spent a number of years in Italy, where he thoroughly absorbed the Italian style of painting.

Palette: #232119 #8E7451 #483F2C #110F09 #482D1C #B0AA94 #73664B #674A33

  • Portret van Cornelis Aerentsz van der Dussen (1555): #181813 #8C7F63 #3A3326 #B8B292 #66674C #514834
  • De Doop van Christus (1636): #B2AB95 #16140F #535444 #242017 #7A7D6B #83634A
  • Portret van Willem van Lokhorst (1855): #0F0F0A #2C2311 #82592C
  • De Stervende Cleopatra (1520): #13110A #B6A185 #9D8160 #737E6E #212618 #6B5137
  • Maria Magdalena (1530): #ACB0A1 #16120B #6F684D #2F2918 #4E4026 #D0CFBA
  • Portret van Een Man (1529): #25231E #503324 #8F6748 #CCB49C
  • Portret van Anna van Lotharingen (1522-68), Echtgenote van René de Chalon, Prins van Oranje (1568): #323123 #181610 #897959 #B3B4B8 #52442C #3D2B18
  • Portret van René de Chalon (Ca. 1519-1544), Prins van Oranje (1542): #312C21 #4E2D1C #090806 #6B4D35 #A18160 #1C1914
  • Salomo en de Koningin van Sheba (1540): #443622 #755F37 #252217 #A99861 #5A3B20 #9B7843

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