Giacomo
Serpotta
The Meteor in the Sicilian Sky In the golden, sun-drenched landscape of seventeenth-century Sicily, a singular brilliance emerged that would forever alter the texture of Baroque ornamentation. Rudolf Wittkower famously christened Giacomo Serpotta as a “meteor in the Sicilian sky,” a metaphor that perfectly captures …
A portrait built from Giacomo Serpotta'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.
