Johan
Joseph Zoffany
A Cosmopolitan Brush: The Life and Art of Johan Joseph Zoffany Johan Joseph Zoffany, a name perhaps less instantly recognizable than his contemporaries like Reynolds or Gainsborough, nevertheless occupies a fascinating niche in the annals of 18th-century portraiture. Born in Frankfurt am Main in 1733, …
A portrait built from Johan Joseph Zoffany'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.
