Bartolomeo
Cesi
Bartolomeo Cesi: Life and Legacy Early Life and Training Born in Bologna, Italy in 1556, Bartolomeo Cesi hailed from the noble House of Cesi, a family of Umbrian origin. He began his artistic training under Giovanni Francesco Bezzo, gaining foundational skills in painting and draftsmanship. …
A portrait built from Bartolomeo Cesi'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.