Louis
Léopold Boilly
Louis Léopold Boilly: A Life in Portraiture and Parisian Society Born: July 5, 1761, La Bassée, France Died: January 4, 1845, Paris, France Early Life and Artistic Development Boilly's artistic journey began early; he produced works as young as twelve. Largely self-taught, his initial training …
A portrait built from Louis Léopold Boilly's own colours
Every 86 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.
