Ligier
Richier
The Sculptor of Sorrow and Stone Ligier Richier stands as a singular, haunting figure in the artistic landscape of sixteenth-century France, a master whose hands breathed life into the cold, pale limestone of Lorraine. Born around 1500 in Saint-Mihiel, an artist emerging from a family …
A portrait built from Ligier Richier'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.
