Jan
Tengnagel
A Shadowy Master of the Golden Age Jan Tengnagel, born in Amsterdam in 1584, remains a hauntingly beautiful yet shadowy figure within the vast annals of seventeenth-century Dutch painting. While history often reserves its brightest spotlights for luminaries such as Rembrandt or Vermeer, Tengnag nagel’s …
A portrait built from Jan Tengnagel's own colours
Every 2 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.
