alexander
marshal
A Life Dedicated to Botanical Precision: Alexander Marshal Alexander Marshal, a name perhaps unfamiliar to many outside the circles of botanical art history, represents a pivotal figure in 17th-century English naturalism. Born around 1620, his life unfolded amidst a burgeoning fascination with the natural world, …
A portrait built from alexander marshal's own colours
Every 1 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.
