Jacob
Van Oost
The Master of Bruges: The Life and Legacy of Jacob van Oost In the heart of seventeenth-century Flanders, amidst the winding canals and storied churches of Bruges, one name commanded the artistic landscape: Jacob van Oost. Known to history as Jacob van Oost the Elder, …
A portrait built from Jacob Van Oost's own colours
Every 9 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.
