William
Dobson
William Dobson: The Venetian Echoes of English Portraiture William Dobson (4 März 1611 (tauf); 28 Okt. 1646 (begr.)) steht als zentrale Figur in der frühen Geschichte der englischen Malerei und wird von Zeitzeugen wie John Aubrey als „der hervorragendste Maler, dass England bisher hervorgebracht hat“ …
A portrait built from William Dobson's own colours
Every 10 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.