Frans
van Mieris
Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635 - 1681): En Kunstners Ære og Det Fineste Maleri Frans Jansz. van Mieris den Äldre var født i Leiden omkring år 1635, søn af Jan Bastiaensz., en guldsmed, og Christine Willemsdr. van Garbartijn. Han fulgte efter sin fars håndværk …
A portrait built from Frans van Mieris's own colours
Every 26 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.
