limbourg
brothers
The Masters of Light and Miniature In the twilight of the Middle Ages, a trio of brothers from the Dutch city of Nijmegen emerged to redefine the boundaries of visual storytelling. Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg, known collectively as the Limbourg Brothers, were not …
A portrait built from limbourg brothers's own colours
Every 100 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.
