Jan
Luyken
The Engraved World of Jan Luyken: A Life Dedicated to Moral Tales Jan Luyken, born in Amsterdam in 1648 and passing away in the same city in 1712, was a Dutch engraver whose prolific output shaped the visual landscape of late 17th- and early 18th-century …
A portrait built from Jan Luyken's own colours
Every 4 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.
