barna
da siena
The Enigmatic Bernardo Bertini: A Florentine Echo in Tuscan Frescoes Bernardo Bertini (c. 1330 – 1380), a Sienese painter whose identity remains shrouded in mystery, stands as one of the most perplexing figures of Quattrocento art. Despite Vasari’s attribution—primarily focused on the New Testament frescoes …
A portrait built from barna da siena's own colours
Every 5 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.
