Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931, Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 40
ere is nothing forced abouthis illumination. The light came not from the sky, but chieflyfrom the figures themselves, as was the manner of treatment em-ployed by the great Italians. The banquet piece that Mr. Colehas engraved illustrates this. The ruffs and sashes and faces areshown to be highest… … I FRANS HALS 21 lighting, but Hals is not to be blamed for it. It was the painterspractice of the time,—a conventionality, and yet handled by Halswith great regard for the tonal truth of the artifice. His distribu-tion was even, uniform, well-regulated, so that he was not compelledto sacrifice…
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