jean
louis tocqué
Jean Louis Tocqué: A Portraitist of the French Court Jean Louis Tocqué, a name perhaps less familiar than some of his contemporaries, stands as a significant figure in 18th-century French portraiture. Born in Paris in 1696 and tragically passing away in 1772, Tocqué’s life was …
A portrait built from jean louis tocqué's own colours
Every 8 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.
