Simon
Vouet
Simon Vouet: A Pioneer of French Baroque Painting Born: January 9, 1590, Paris, France Died: June 30, 1649, Paris, France Simon Vouet was a pivotal figure in the transition of French painting from Mannerism to the Baroque style. Born into an artistic family – his …
A portrait built from Simon Vouet's own colours
Every 58 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.
