jean
baptiste peytavin
A Life Shaped by Revolution and Art Jean-Baptiste Peytavin (1767 – 1855) emerges from the vibrant, yet turbulent, landscape of late 18th and early 19th century France as a painter whose work reflects both the classical traditions he inherited and the dramatic shifts occurring within …
A portrait built from jean baptiste peytavin's own colours
Every 8 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.
