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Sir Peter Lely: The Court Painter Who Bridged Two Worlds Born in Soest, Westphalia, in 1618, to a Dutch family serving as officers within the Brandenburg army, Sir Peter Lely’s life was one of remarkable transatlantic movement and artistic transformation. Initially trained in Haarlem, the …
A portrait built from pieter de ring's own colours
Every 2 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.
