HAND-LEYDINGHE (n. f.)

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Want ghelijck d’opvoedinghe van de lichaemen die wel oyt d’aller kloeckste sullen wesen met de melck spijse, met het wieghen-ghesol, met het kruypen langhs stoelen en bancken plaght te beghinnen, soo moeten oock dieghene dewelcke met de tijd voor d’aller uytnemenste Konstenaers gheouden worden haer selven een goede wijle tijds ontrent d’eerste linien besigh houden, te vrede sijnde dat de hand des Leermeesters haere hand bestiert tot dat sy nae een ghenoegsaeme hand-leydinghe van selfs op den rechten treck vallen.

[Suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] Just like the upbringing of the bodies that one day will be the stoutest tends to start with the drinking of milk, with the rocking of the cradle, with crawling along chairs and benches, as such those who will become the very best Artists have to occupy themselves for a good while with the first lines as well, being content that the hand of the Master guides their hand until after a sufficient guidance of the hand it will fall on the right track [NDR: stroke] by itself.

In the Latin edition (1637), Junius uses the description 'manu regentis'. [MO]

term translated by / in JUNIUS, Franciscus, De pictura veterum libri tres, Amsterdam, Joannes Blaeu, 1637., p. 116 in JUNIUS, Franciscus, The Painting of the Ancients, in Three Bookes : declaring by Historicall Observations and Examples, the Beginning, Progresse, and Consummation of that most Noble Art. And how those Ancient Artificers attained to their still so much admired Excellencie. Written first in latine by Franciscus Junius, F. F. And now by him englished, with some Additions and Alterations, trad. par JUNIUS, Franciscus, London, Richard Hodgkinsonne, 1638., p. 200
term translated by / in JUNIUS, Franciscus, De pictura veterum libri tres, Amsterdam, Joannes Blaeu, 1637., p. 116 in JUNIUS, Franciscus, The Painting of the Ancients, in Three Bookes : declaring by Historicall Observations and Examples, the Beginning, Progresse, and Consummation of that most Noble Art. And how those Ancient Artificers attained to their still so much admired Excellencie. Written first in latine by Franciscus Junius, F. F. And now by him englished, with some Additions and Alterations, trad. par JUNIUS, Franciscus, London, Richard Hodgkinsonne, 1638., p. 200

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MANIÈRE ET STYLE → le faire et la main
L’ARTISTE → apprentissage