jan
westerbaen the elder
early life and training jan westerbaen the elder, a prominent dutch painter, was born in the hague in 1603. as the son of a wealthy catholic patrician family, he had the opportunity to pursue his artistic inclinations from an early age. westerbaen's initial training in …
A portrait built from jan westerbaen the elder'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.
