Jan
van Amstel
The Antwerp Transition Amsterdam, around 1500. A child is born into the North Netherlandish landscape. This is Jan van Amstel, though history often whispers his name as Jan de Hollander. The early years remain obscured by the fog of the sixteenth century, yet the trajectory …
A portrait built from Jan van Amstel'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.