robert
peake the elder
Robert Peake the Elder: A Tudor Master of Costume Portraits Robert Peake the Elder (c. 1551 – 1619) stands as a singular figure in English art history—a painter who achieved remarkable renown during Elizabeth I’s reign and continued to produce influential works under James I, …
A portrait built from robert peake the elder's own colours
Every 23 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.
