Hans
von Aachen
early life and training hans von aachen, a german painter, was born in 1552 in the city of cologne. little is known about his early life, but it is believed that he received his artistic training in the workshop of leonardus sievenhoven, a local painter. …
A portrait built from Hans von Aachen'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.
