john
baptist de medina
John Baptist de Medina: Life and Legacy Early Life and Training Birth and Origins: Sir John Baptist de Medina was born in 1659 in Brussels, to a Spanish army captain. His early life was shaped by his family’s military background and the vibrant artistic environment …
A portrait built from john baptist de medina's own colours
Every 57 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.
