Jan
van de Velde
A Life on the Waves: Willem van de Velde the Younger and the Golden Age of Maritime Painting Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) stands as a towering figure in the history of marine painting, inextricably linked to the Dutch Golden Age and its …
A portrait built from Jan van de Velde's own colours
Every 15 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.