Hermannus
Collenius
A Life Between Italy and Groningen The story of Hermannus Collenius begins in Kollum around 1650. He is the son of a goldsmith named Peter Douwes, but his name carries the legacy of his maternal grandfather, a minister in Kollum. A young man of restless …
A portrait built from Hermannus Collenius's own colours
Every 44 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.