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Caravaggio

1571 — 1610 · Early Modern

The Life of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Milan, 29 September 1571. The Duchy of Milan, under the Spanish Empire, provides the setting for the birth of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. He is known by several names: Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio. His existence …

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Caravaggio
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Caravaggio's own colours

Every 100 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.

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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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers