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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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Nicolaas Pieneman

9 works, 1819 to 1860.

Palette: #272119 #534329 #8C7548 #6B6449 #9B8A6C #3F2B18 #C9BD90 #6E491B

  • Portretstudie van Kapitein T.s. Nabal (1819): #9E8C6D #3A3634 #82604A #5C4E43 #807566
  • Portretstudie van Kapitein J.j.p. van Munnick (1819): #9F8D6F #352D28 #1F1B1A #605141 #7B6F5C #873C32
  • Jan Willem Pieneman (1779-1853). Schilder, Vader van Nicolaas Pieneman (1860): #322C24 #928368 #1C1A18 #6C5E45 #4F3F2B #654A2B
  • Willem III (1817-90), Koning der Nederlanden (1856): #2B1C16 #1C1D17 #5C4D30 #8E774A #44241B #3D301E
  • De Arrestatie van Diponegoro Door Luitenant-Generaal de Kock (1830): #846F43 #5B482A #6E704E #3D301F #9DAA93 #AC9A6C
  • De Slag Bij Houthalen (1834): #D1C69C #3E300D #797560 #28210F #A4A086 #644A13
  • Portret van Een Man, Misschien Petrus Augustus de Genestet (1830): #282218 #3F3724 #5A5135 #14110D #BBA36E #4B3220
  • Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797-1871). Gouverneur-Generaal (1845): #29261F #402918 #2B190E #927437 #100F0E #C8B888
  • De Inhuldiging van Koning Willem II in de Nieuwe Kerk Te Amsterdam, 28 November (1840): #92875D #625937 #3C301B #826633 #5D411E #BCB080

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