michael
ostendorfer
Michael Ostendorfer (1490/1494 – December 1559): A Pioneer of Renaissance Woodcuts Michael Ostendorfer was a German painter, graphic artist and xylographer born in Ostendorf near Hemau, Bavaria. While biographical details remain scarce—primarily due to the limitations of archival records from his time—scholarly research has established …
A portrait built from michael ostendorfer's own colours
Every 1 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.
