frei
cipriano da cruz
The Silent Master: Frei Cipriano da Cruz and the Soul of Baroque Portugal Born in Braga, Portugal, around 1645, into a world steeped in religious fervor and artistic tradition, Frei Cipriano da Cruz – also known as Manuel de Sousa – emerged not as a …
A portrait built from frei cipriano da cruz's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.