bartholomaeus
bruyn the elder
Bartolomäus Bruyn the Elder: A Cologne Renaissance Portraitist Bartolomäus Bruyn, usually called Barthel Bruyn or Barthel Bruyn the Elder (Wesel (?) 1493 – 1555 Cologne) stands as a pivotal figure in the artistic landscape of late fifteenth and early sixteenth-century Cologne. He wasn’t merely a …
A portrait built from bartholomaeus bruyn the elder's own colours
Every 3 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.
