Francis
Cotes
Francis Cotes: Un Maestro del Pastello e un Fascino Sottile Nato a Londra nel 1726, Francis Cotes (1726–1770) si erge come una figura chiave nello sviluppo dell’arte inglese durante l'era georgiana. Più che un semplice pittore di ritratti, fu un vero innovatore, riconosciuto soprattutto per …
A portrait built from Francis Cotes's own colours
Every 40 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.
