Luis
Egidio Meléndez
A Life Immersed in Stillness: The World of Luis Egidio Meléndez Born into an artistic lineage in Naples in 1716, Luis Egidio Meléndez de Rivera Durazo y Santo Padre emerged as a pivotal figure in 18th-century Spanish painting. His father, Francisco Meléndez, was a miniaturist …
A portrait built from Luis Egidio Meléndez's own colours
Every 23 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.
