Jan
Janssens
The Life of Jan Janssens Born in Ghent, Jan Janssens was a Flemish Baroque painter and draftsman. During the period of 1619-1620, he traveled to Rome, eventually returning to Ghent in 1621. Upon his return, he was admitted as a master to the Ghent Guild …
A portrait built from Jan Janssens's own colours
Every 3 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.