jean
baptiste monnoyer
A Life in Blooms: The World of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer Born in Lille, France, in 1636, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer emerged as a pivotal figure bridging the worlds of floral still life and decorative arts during the Baroque period. His journey began not amidst fields of wildflowers, but …
A portrait built from jean baptiste monnoyer's own colours
Every 26 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.
