jacob
van meurs
The Cartographic Vision of Jacob van Meurs In the golden age of Dutch exploration, where the boundaries of the known world were being redrawn by every intrepid voyage, Jacob van Meurs (1619–1680) emerged as a master of visual precision. Born in Arnhem, Netherlands, into a …
A portrait built from jacob van meurs'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.
