Joos
van Cleve
Joos van Cleve: Bridging Renaissance Innovation and Netherlandish Tradition Joos van Cleve (c. 1485 – 1540), a Flemish Renaissance painter hailing from Krefeld, Germany, stands as a pivotal figure in the artistic landscape of Antwerp during his prolific career spanning roughly from 1511 to 1540. …
A portrait built from Joos van Cleve's own colours
Every 26 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.
