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
Reference:
TOC: Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, Volume 17, Nr. 2: Down to the Ground. In: ArtHist.net, Feb 7, 2026 (accessed Feb 8, 2026), <https://arthist.net/archive/51691>.