Johann
Gottfried Steffan
The Master of the Alpine Sublime: The Life of Johann Gottfried Steffan In the grand tapestry of nineteenth-century European art, few threads are as deeply woven into the rugged beauty of the Alps as those left by Johann Gottfried Steffan. Born on December 13, 1815, …
A portrait built from Johann Gottfried Steffan's own colours
Every 5 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.