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Nicolas
Sanson D'Abbeville

1600 — 1667 · Early Modern

The Architect of French Geography In the grand tapestry of seventeenth-century European intellect, few figures captured the spirit of discovery quite like Nicolas Sanson. Far from being a visual artist in the traditional sense of a painter or sculptor, Sanson was a master cartographer whose …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Nicolas Sanson D'Abbeville's own colours

Every 2 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

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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.

Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers

The Source Works

Where the colour came from

Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.

Nicolas
Sanson D'Abbeville

A portrait built from Nicolas Sanson D'Abbeville's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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NicolasSanson D'Abbeville

A portrait built from Nicolas Sanson D'Abbeville's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

Nicolas
Sanson D'Abbeville