Down to the Ground: The Impact of Colored Grounds on Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Painting
Guest edited by Maartje Stols-Witlox and Elmer Kolfin

Contents

Editors’ Greeting
H. Perry Chapman, Jacquelyn N. Coutré, Bret Rothstein, Joanna Woodall, Alison Kettering

The Hidden Revolution of Colored Grounds: An Introduction
Maartje Stols-Witlox, Elmer Kolfin

Why Colored Grounds Matter: The Evolving Research on Colored Grounds in Dutch Paintings (1580–1720)
Elmer Kolfin

Colored Grounds in French Paintings Before 1610: A Complex Spread
Stéphanie Deprouw-Augustin

Prepared and Proffered: The Role of Professional Primers in the Spread of Colored Grounds
Moorea Hall-Aquitania

The Role of the Colored Ground in Rembrandt’s Painting Practice
Petria Noble

Laying the Ground in Still Lifes: Efficient Practices, Visual Effects, and Local Preferences Found in the Collection of the Mauritshuis
Marya Albrecht, Sabrina Meloni

Representation versus Reality: Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts’s Depiction and Use of Colored Grounds
Anne Haack Christensen

Under the Microscope and Into the Database: Designing Data Frameworks for Technical Art Historical Research
Moorea Hall-Aquitania, Paul J. C. van Laar

Remaking Colored Grounds: The Use of Reconstructions for Art Technical and Art Historical Research
Maartje Stols-Witlox, Lieve d’Hont