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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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Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.

Palette: #352919 #5A5642 #503C23 #887B5A #888A80 #B09C6C #735933 #1C170D

  • Juno Geeft Argus Opdracht Io Te Bewaken (1655): #40341E #55533A #261C10 #503115 #15150C #837344
  • Italiaans Landschap (1650): #342916 #8194A6 #8F9288 #4F4226 #68644B #221B0F
  • Dansende Boeren in Een Schuur (1655): #362416 #51361C #6B522C #20170F
  • Stadswal van Haarlem in de Winter (1647): #55564B #372E19 #54482D #888A7A #6D644A
  • De Drie Kudden (1656): #4F3922 #36271A #AF9664 #7B6339
  • De Ossendrift (1656): #B5A26F #504226 #282113 #95845A #372C1A #77663E
  • Ruth en Boas (1640): #605C4F #7F827F #816D4A #3B3222 #6D482A #7A7562
  • Het Ponteveer (1700): #393126 #90876B #AB9D76 #513F2A

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