JHNA 17.2 now live!
Volume 17.2 (2025), a Special Issue of the refereed, open-access Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, is officially live: https://jhna.org/issues/vol-17-2-2025/
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 https://jhna.org/articles/editors-greeting-25-1/
The Hidden Revolution of Colored Grounds: An Introduction Maartje Stols-Witlox, Elmer Kolfin https://jhna.org/articles/hidden-revolution-of-colored-grounds-an-introduction/
Why Colored Grounds Matter: The Evolving Research on Colored Grounds in Dutch Paintings (1580–1720) Elmer Kolfin https:/jhna.org/articles/why-colored-grounds-matter-evolving-research-colored-grounds-in-dutch-paintings-1580-1720/
Colored Grounds in French Paintings before 1610: A Complex Spread Stéphanie Deprouw-Augustin https://jhna.org/articles/colored-grounds-in-french-paintings-before-1610-a-complex-spread/
Prepared and Proffered: The Role of Professional Primers in the Spread of Colored Grounds Moorea Hall-Aquitania https://jhna.org/articles/prepared-and-proffered-the-role-of-professional-primers-in-the-spread-of-colored-grounds/
The Role of the Colored Ground in Rembrandt’s Painting Practice Petria Noble https:/jhna.org/articles/the-role-of-the-colored-ground-in-rembrandts-painting-practice/
Laying the Ground in Still Lifes: Efficient Practices, Visual Effects, and Local Preferences Found in the Collection of the Mauritshuis Marya Albrecht, Sabrina Meloni https:/jhna.org/articles/laying-the-ground-in-still-lifes/
Representation versus Reality: Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts’s Depiction and Use of Colored Grounds Anne Haack Christensen https://jhna.org/articles/representation-versus-reality-cornelis-norbertus-gijsbrechts-depiction-and-use-of-colored-grounds/
Under the Microscope and Into the Database: Designing Data Frameworks for Technical Art Historical Research Moorea Hall-Aquitania, Paul J. C. van Laar https://jhna.org/articles/under-the-microscope-and-into-the-database-designing-data-frameworks-for-technical-art-historical-research/
Remaking Colored Grounds: The Use of Reconstructions for Art Technical and Art Historical Research Maartje Stols-Witlox, Lieve d’Hont https:/jhna.org/articles/remaking-colored-grounds-considerations-on-the-use-of-reconstructions-for-art-historical-research/
JHNA publishes peer-reviewed original scholarship, across a range of methodological approaches, on Dutch, Flemish, German, and Franco-Flemish art and material culture dating from the medieval period through the eighteenth century. We also publish state of research and critical essays, as well as English translations of significant articles originally published in other languages. JHNA welcomes the submission of manuscripts from scholars at every career stage. We also encourage proposals for state-of-research and critical essays. See our Submissions guidelines: https://jhna.org/submissions/
H. Perry Chapman, University of Delaware, Editor in Chief
Jacquelyn N. Coutré, Art Institute of Chicago, Associate Editor
Bret Rothstein, Indiana University, Associate Editor
Joanna Woodall, Courtauld Institute, University of London, Associate Editor
Alison M. Kettering, Carleton College, Past Editor in Chief
Correspondence about submissions can be sent to editor@jhna.org.