Mattia
Preti
A Calabrian Knight of the Baroque Mattia Preti, known as Il Cavalier Calabrese – the Calabrian Knight – stands as a pivotal figure in 17th-century Italian Baroque painting. Born in Taverna, Calabria, on February 24, 1613, his artistic journey was one of dynamic evolution, absorbing …
A portrait built from Mattia Preti's own colours
Every 31 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.
