Jean-Baptiste
Oudry
Jean-Baptiste Oudry: A Life in Art Early Life and Training Born: March 17, 1686, in Paris, France. Oudry came from an artistic family; his father, Jacques Oudry, was a painter and art dealer. His mother, Nicole Papillon, was related to the engraver Jean-Baptiste-Michel Papillon. He …
A portrait built from Jean-Baptiste Oudry's own colours
Every 100 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.
