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gillis
quintijn

1590 — 1635 · Early Modern

Gillis Quintijn (1590-1635): A Scottish Echo in Dutch Colour Gillis Quintijn (1590-1635) stands as a pivotal figure within the Dutch Golden Age, an illustrator whose meticulous genre scenes and portraits captured the spirit of his era with remarkable sensitivity. Born in Haarlem around 1590, Quintijn’s …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from gillis quintijn'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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

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

Four-Colour Decomposition
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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers