claes
van beresteyn
The Golden Lineage of Haarlem In the heart of the Dutch Golden Age, where the light of Haarlem danced upon the canals and the prosperity of merchant families fueled a renaissance of creativity, Claes van Beresteyn was born into a world of profound artistic significance. …
A portrait built from claes van beresteyn's own colours
Every 1 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.