Jan
ten Compe
The Visionary Landscapes of Jan ten Compe In the vibrant tapestry of the eighteenth-century Dutch Republic, few artists captured the quiet grandeur and civic pride of the era as meticulously as Jan ten Compe. Born in Amsterdam in 1713, ten Compe emerged as a master …
A portrait built from Jan ten Compe's own colours
Every 12 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.
