karel
van der pluym
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Karel van der Pluym (b. Leiden, Netherlands, 1625; d. Leiden, 1672) emerged from the intellectual ferment of Leiden University during a period marked by humanist scholarship and burgeoning artistic innovation. Born into a family steeped in mercantile tradition—his father was …
A portrait built from karel van der pluym'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.
