Alonso
Sánchez Coello
Early Life and Training Born: Benifaió, Spain (1531) Spent childhood near Valencia until his father's death. Around 1541/42, moved to Portugal to live with his grandfather, a nobleman in service of the Portuguese monarchs. Studied with Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro) in Flanders around 1550. Received …
A portrait built from Alonso Sánchez Coello's own colours
Every 14 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.
