Balthasar van der Ast — Palette Genome

The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Balthasar
van der Ast

1593 — 1657 · Early Modern

The Master of the Miniature Universe: Balthasar van der Ast In the golden light of the seventeenth-century Netherlands, a period defined by unprecedented prosperity and scientific curiosity, Balthasar van der Ast emerged as a virtuoso of the small-scale masterpiece. Born in Middelburg around 1593, van …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Balthasar van der Ast's own colours

Every 17 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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition

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The Chromatic Knot

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.

Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers

The Source Works

Where the colour came from

Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.