The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Jan
Tengnagel

1584 — 1631 · Early Modern

Jan Tengnagel (1584-1635): A Forgotten Master of Amsterdam Jan Tengnagel, born in Amsterdam in 1584, remains a shadowy figure within the annals of seventeenth-century Dutch painting—a testament to both artistic talent and unfortunate circumstance. While overshadowed by luminaries like Rembrandt and Vermeer, Tengnagel’s contribution to …

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Jan Tengnagel
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Jan Tengnagel'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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers