Bartolomeo
Passarotti
A Bolognese Master of Mannerism: Bartolomeo Passarotti Bartolomeo Passarotti, born in Bologna in 1529 and passing away in 1592, occupies a fascinating, if sometimes overlooked, position within the Italian art landscape. He wasn’t a revolutionary like Michelangelo or Raphael, but rather a skilled and sensitive …
A portrait built from Bartolomeo Passarotti's own colours
Every 4 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.
