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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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Michael Sweerts

Michiel Sweerts or Michael Sweerts was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies. The artist led an itinerant life and worked in Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Persia and India (Goa).

Palette: #14100B #342516 #73664B #A59B7A #201A0E #484334 #542F1B #27150E

  • Anthonij de Bordes and His Valet (ca. 1648): #342216 #27150E #1B0F0D #4F2F1B #6A5947 #938270
  • Een Schildersatelier (1646): #1F1C10 #362A17 #10100B #675C3D #8A7E58
  • Damspelers (1652): #12100C #2D1D11 #5C311D #1E1B14 #745C41 #A79464
  • De Hongerigen Spijzen (1646): #18130B #2F2111 #A29B7C #4C3D25 #BBAC84 #6D5F43
  • De Zieken Bezoeken (1646): #100E09 #23190D #372717 #6E5F45
  • Markttafereel in Rome (1650): #484334 #7B745B #323028 #B3AD86 #93917A

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