Lambert ten Kate in correspondence with Hendrik van Limborch: color harmony and chiaroscuro

• Autores: Hessel Miedema
• Localización: Simiolus: Netherlands quarterly for the history of art, ISSN 0037-5411, Vol. 35, Nº. 3-4, 2011, págs. 174-187
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses correspondence between 18th-century Dutch art collector Lambert Hermansz ten Kate and painter Hendrik van Limborch, focusing on their discussions about the mixing of colors in art. The author describes scientist Isaac Netwon's work on color, suggesting that ten Kate was familiar with it, and discusses color printer Jacob Christoph le Blon's contribution to ten Kate and van Limborch's correspondence. Specific topics include the practice of shadowing with the color black, the use of chiaroscuro in painting, and the use of mezzatints in depicting shadings.