Jacob
Toorenvliet
A Legacy of Precision: The Life and Art of Jacob Toorenvliet In the golden era of Dutch painting, few traditions captured the quiet intimacy of human existence as exquisitely as the Leiden School. At the heart of this movement stood Jacob Toorenvliet (1640–1719), a master …
A portrait built from Jacob Toorenvliet's own colours
Every 10 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.
