Joris
van Schooten
early life and training joris fransz van schooten, a prominent dutch golden age painter, was born in leiden, netherlands in 1587. he was the nephew of frans van schooten, a renowned mathematician. van schooten's artistic journey began with an apprenticeship under coenraad van der maas …
A portrait built from Joris van Schooten's own colours
Every 6 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.