Peter
Cross
The Master of the Miniature: The Life and Legacy of Peter Cross In the delicate, intimate world of seventeenth-century portraiture, few names evoke as much quiet fascination as Peter Cross. A master of the miniature, Cross operated during a transformative era in English art, navigating …
A portrait built from Peter Cross's own colours
Every 2 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.