Jan
van de Cappelle
The Mirror of Tranquility: The Life and Legacy of Jan van de Cappelle Jan van de Cappelle stands as a singular, luminous figure within the pantheon of the Dutch Golden Age, an artist whose presence in the art historical canon is defined by a profound, …
A portrait built from Jan van de Cappelle's own colours
Every 11 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.
