Jacques-Louis
David
Jacques-Louis David: Ein Leben in Kunst und Revolution Frühes Leben und Ausbildung Jacques-Louis David, geboren am 30. August 1748 in Paris, Frankreich, war eine zentrale Figur bei der Übergangs von Rokoko zu Neoklassizismus. Sein Vater, ebenfalls Jacques-Louis David, war Knopfmacher und starb, als junger David …
A portrait built from Jacques-Louis David's own colours
Every 100 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.