Pieter
Vanderlyn
The Gansevoort Limner: The Enigmatic Legacy of Pieter Vanderlyn In the quiet, colonial landscapes of the eighteenth-century Hudson River Valley, a distinctive visual language emerged, whispered through the brushstrokes of an artist whose very identity remains shrouded in much historical debate. Pieter Vanderlyn, often referred …
A portrait built from Pieter Vanderlyn's own colours
Every 3 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.
