jan
van assen
The Luminous Legacy of Jan van Assen In the golden twilight of the Dutch seventeenth century, few names evoke the profound atmospheric depth of the Baroque era quite like Jan van Assen. Born in Amsterdam in 1635, Van Assen emerged as a pivotal figure whose …
A portrait built from jan van assen'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.
