The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Jean
Bardin

1732 — 1809 · Early Modern

Early Life and Artistic Training Jean Bardin entered the world in 1732 in Montbard, France. His early years in this French town laid the foundation for a career defined by the rigorous traditions of historical painting. He began his formal education under the guidance of …

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Jean Bardin
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Jean Bardin's own colours

Every 3 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