Adam
Frans van der Meulen
A Life in Service of the 'Sun King' Adam Frans van der Meulen, a name perhaps less instantly recognizable than some of his Baroque contemporaries, nevertheless occupies a crucial position in the artistic landscape of 17th-century Europe. Born in Brussels in 1632, he rose to …
A portrait built from Adam Frans van der Meulen's own colours
Every 31 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.