herman
van der mijn
Herman van der Mijn: A Dutch Botanical Pioneer Herman van der Mijn (c. 1687 – 1750) stands as a pivotal figure in the history of Dutch flower painting and botanical illustration, marking a significant transition from traditional genre art to scientific observation and meticulous detail. …
A portrait built from herman van der mijn'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.
