ferdinand
richter
The Luminous Legacy of Franz Ferdinand Richter In the grand, sweeping tapestry of the German Baroque, few threads shimmer with as much enigmatic brilliance as the life and work of Franz Ferdinand Richter. Born around 1693, likely in Ebersdorf or Würzburg, Richter emerged from the …
A portrait built from ferdinand richter'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.