Rachel
Ruysch
A Life Immersed in Blooms: The World of Rachel Ruysch Rachel Ruysch emerged from a uniquely stimulating environment, one that fostered both scientific inquiry and artistic expression. Born in 1664 in The Hague, Netherlands, her father, Frederik Ruysch, was a celebrated professor of anatomy and …
A portrait built from Rachel Ruysch's own colours
Every 12 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.
