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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Maurice
Quentin de La Tour

1704 — 1788 · Early Modern

Maurice Quentin de La Tour: A Life in Pastel Born: September 5, 1704, Saint-Quentin, France Died: February 17, 1788, Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France Known For: Rococo portraiture in pastel, capturing likenesses of Voltaire, Louis XV, and Madame de Pompadour. Early Life and Artistic Development …

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Maurice Quentin de La Tour
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Maurice Quentin de La Tour'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.

← 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