Gosling
Posthumus
A Life in Dokkum The air in Dokkum carries the weight of the early nineteenth century. On 7 November 1800, Gosling Posthumus enters the world as the son of Tjeerd Posthumus, a man balancing the roles of merchant, pharmacist, and municipal council member, and Saapke …
A portrait built from Gosling Posthumus's own colours
Every 2 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.