Jan
Asselyn
A Life Forged in Landscape: The World of Jan Asselijn Born Jean Asselin in the French port city of Dieppe around 1610, Jan Asselijn’s journey was one shaped by religious upheaval and artistic exploration. His family, Huguenots fleeing persecution, relocated to Amsterdam in 1621, a …
A portrait built from Jan Asselyn's own colours
Every 15 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.
