Pieter
Borselaer
The Melancholic Brush: The Life and Legacy of Pieter Borselaer In the grand tapestry of seventeenth-century European art, few threads possess the quiet, introspective texture found in the works of Pieter Borselaer. Born in the industrious Dutch city of Middelburg around 1633 or 1634, Borsseler …
A portrait built from Pieter Borselaer'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.