Dirck
Hals
The Master of Merry Company: The Life and Legacy of Dirck Hals In the golden light of the seventeenth-century Netherlands, a period defined by unparalleled artistic flourishing and burgeoning mercantile wealth, Dirck Hals carved out a space that was uniquely his own. Born in Haarlem …
A portrait built from Dirck Hals'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.