Jacob
Xavier Vermoelen
The Antwerp Apprentice In the bustling streets of Antwerp, a young man named Jacob Xavier Vermoelen began his path toward the mastery of light and shadow. He entered the studio of Pieter Snyers, a man well-versed in the quiet drama of still life, to learn …
A portrait built from Jacob Xavier Vermoelen's own colours
Every 5 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.