Joos
van Cleve
The Master of Antwerp: The Life and Legacy of Joos van Cleve In the bustling, mercantile heart of sixteenth-century Antwerp, a new era of visual storytelling was unfolding, driven by the brush of Joos van Cleve. Born around 1485 in Krefeld, Germany, this Flemish Renaissance …
A portrait built from Joos van Cleve's own colours
Every 44 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.
