Frans
Boels
A Shadow in the Golden Age: The Life of Frans Boels In the twilight of the sixteenth century, amidst the shifting religious and political landscapes of the Low Countries, there lived a painter whose delicate touch captured the fleeting beauty of a world in transition. …
A portrait built from Frans Boels's own colours
Every 4 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.