nardon
penicaud
early life and training nardon pénicaud, a french painter and enamelist, was born in limoges in 1511. he was the son of a limoges innkeeper and studied under léonard limousin, a renowned artist of the time. artistic style and influences pénicaud's work was characterized by …
A portrait built from nardon penicaud's own colours
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Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
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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.
