Matthias
Stom
A Shadowy Master of the Baroque: Unveiling Matthias Stom The name Matthias Stom, or Stomer as he was sometimes known, resonates with a captivating mystery within the annals of 17th-century painting. A Dutch artist whose life remains shrouded in ambiguity, Stom carved a distinctive niche …
A portrait built from Matthias Stom's own colours
Every 11 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.