Gabriel
Metsu
Gabriël Metsu Gabriël Metsu (Leiden, januari 1629 – begraven Amsterdam, 24 oktober 1667) was een Nederlandse kunstschilder uit de Gouden Eeuw. Hij schilderde veel genrestukken, waarvan sommige ook als portretten kunnen worden gezien. Metsu staat bekend om zijn zilveren coloriet, de beheersing van de lichtinval …
A portrait built from Gabriel Metsu's own colours
Every 85 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.
