Early Italian Renaissance painters were extremely popular in their time, but not much is known about how they worked. There is no evidence that they used any sort of device for holding a canvas while they worked. Then along came the seventeenth century and the rise of the Dutch Masters who were very astute and methodical in their working … [Read more...] about Easel Origins
Dutch masters
Sea Snail Masterpiece
Since embarking on this project, I have researched many publications with specific information about pigments and their history. Much is known today about pigments of the past because of scholars such as those in the Rembrandt Research Project (RRP). This committee set about to discover and determine which of Rembrandt's paintings were authentic … [Read more...] about Sea Snail Masterpiece