Jan
Asselyn
A Life Forged in Landscape: The World of Jan Asselijn Jan Asselin, born Jean Asselin around 1610 in Dieppe, France, was a Dutch Golden Age painter whose artistic journey unfolded against the backdrop of religious upheaval and burgeoning artistic innovation. His family, Huguenots fleeing persecution, …
A portrait built from Jan Asselyn's own colours
Every 15 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.
