Ferdinand
Marinus
Early Life, Family and Training Ferdinand Marinus was born on 20 August 1808 in Antwerp, Belgium, into a family headed by Jean François Marinus and Marie Claire Kinard. His early years in this bustling port city provided the foundation for a life dedicated to the …
A portrait built from Ferdinand Marinus'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.