Jeanne
Duval
Jeanne Duval: The Enigmatic Muse of Baudelaire Jeanne Duval remains one of the most captivating and elusive figures in 19th-century French art and literature—a woman shrouded in mystery, a Creole beauty whose stormy romance with Charles Baudelaire ignited a creative fire that would burn brightly …
A portrait built from Jeanne Duval's own colours
Every 3 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.
