jan
van de capelle
A Master of Tranquility: The Life and Art of Jan van de Cappelle Jan van de Cappelle, a name perhaps less immediately recognizable than some of his Dutch Golden Age contemporaries, nevertheless represents the pinnacle of serene marine painting in 17th-century Holland. He wasn’t prolific; …
A portrait built from jan van de capelle's own colours
Every 1 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.