Constantin
Hansen
early life and training , a prominent figure in the , was born on november 3, 1804, in rome, italy. his father, hans hansen, was a portrait painter, and his godmother was the widow of wolfgang amadeus mozart. after his family relocated to vienna and …
A portrait built from Constantin Hansen's own colours
Every 4 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.
