Klaer Lightende Spiegel der Verfkonst

The Klaer Lightende Spiegel der Verfkonst (literally: "clearly lighting mirror of the painting art") is a manuscript produced in 1692[1] by a Dutch author from Delft known only as A. Boogert.[2] Only one copy of the manual is known, and it is completely handwritten and hand-painted.[3] It is kept in the Bibliothèque Méjanes in Aix-en-Provence.[4] The manuscript contains 800 pages with various shades of watercolour paint, with the recipes used to produce them, as a color chart. It has been compared to the Pantone Matching System, which was produced 271 years later.[5] The book has been digitised and made available on E-Corpus.

References

  1. ↑ "Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l'eau [Klaer lightende Spiegel der Verfkonst...Tot Delft, gedaen en beschreeven dour A. Boogert, 1692]". E-corpus. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Association internationale de bibliophilie, Syndicat de la librairie ancienne et moderne (2007). Bulletin du bibliophile. Promodis. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Kwakkel, Erik. "A colourful book". Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Cardon, Dominique (2003). Le monde des teintures naturelles. Paris: Belin. ISBN 9782701126784.
  5. ↑ Jobson, Christopher (5 May 2014). "271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book". Colossal. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

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