jakob
philipp hackert
Jean Baptiste Vanmour: A Painter of Venetian Light and French Grandeur Born in Valenciennes, France, in 1671, Jean Baptiste Vanmour’s life was a tapestry woven across Europe, culminating in his untimely death in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1737. Initially trained as a painter's assistant, Vanmour quickly …
A portrait built from jakob philipp hackert's own colours
Every 2 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.
