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The mezzotint

Joop Vegter

The word illezzotint (Italian mezza tinta, "halftone") is used to indicate a graphic technique as well as the print produced by it.
In comparison witli other graphic techniques such as woodcut, etching, lithograph and silkscreen, mezzotint is rarely practised, probably because it is an extrenlely laborious and tillie-consuming technique.

Mezzotint was invented by Ludwig von Siegen (born near Cologne in 1609). Around 1640 he stayed in Amsterdam for some time, where he made his first mezzotint in 1642.
His invention was the roughening of the surface of a copper plate with a 'roulette': this is an instrument with a small wheel covered with sharp points or ridges (see fig. 1).

By rolling this wheel across the copper plate with some pressure, small pits and burrs are thrown up in the copper plate.
Variation in the pressure causes the pits to become deeper or less so.
The result in the print is grey tones ranging from white to black.
By flattening the pits and burrs slightly in certain places, so that they held less ink and left a lighter impression, Ludwig von Siegen managed to give his print a great variety of grey tones blending with each other.
Von Siegen stayed in Amsterdam for several years at the time when Rembrandt lived there, and he may well have known Rembrandt's work.
His first mezzotint from 1642 was the portrait of Countess Amalia Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, widow of William V of Hesse-Kassel.
Ludwig von Siegen, himself an officer, had been appointed by her as her chamber esquire.
It is believed that Ludwig von Siegen met Prince Rupert of the Palatine in Brussels in 1654.
The latter was the son of Frederick V and Elizabeth Stuart, king and queen of Bohemia during the winter of 1619-1620.

After her husband's early death Elizabeth - 'the winter queen' - lived in exile in the Netherlands for 40 years.
From his mother's side Prince Rupert was a nephew of Charles Il of England.
It is Ludwig von Siegen who must have taught Prince Rupert the mezzotint technique. In 1658 his first mezzotint "The Great Executioner" appeared, which he made with the assistance of the French graphic artist Wallerant Vaillant after a painting by the Spanish painter De Ribera.

In 1660 Prince Rupert returned to England and introduced the mezzotint, which became a highly popular technique there.
The Dutch graphic artist Abraham Blooteling is credited with having invented the 'rocker' about 1675, although there is evidence that Ludwig von Siegen, too, may already have used the rocker.

The rocker is an instrument which is still used nowadays to make pits and burrs in the copper plate.
Mezzotint was highly suited for making reproductions of paintings and has been applied for that purpose almost exclusively.
There are two heydays: the first one was in the Netherlands in the last quarter of the 17th century with artists like Abraham Blooteling, Jan and Paul van Somer, Jan and Nicolaas Verkolje and Gerard Valk.
The second heyday is the great period of mezzotint: the 18th century in England, featuring important mezzotinters like John Raphael Smith, Richard Earlom, Valentin Green, William Pether, to name just a few.

After the middle of the 19th century the mezzotint technique fell into almost total disuse for making reproductions of paintings, due to the rise of the lithograph and of photographic reproduction techniques in particular.
In the past two or three decades, roughly from 1960/70, interest in mezzotint has been on the increase again world-wide, not only among a number of graphic artists, but also among collectors.
Nowadays mezzotint is used exclusively by artists to make their own, original graphic work.

The process of making a mezzotint can be divided into three stages:

the preparation of the copper plate
creating the image on the plate
printing the plate.

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LIJST VAN ILLUSTRATIES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1	ei met veertje egg with feather size 10 x 9,9 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1974 edition 30	10	kroes mug size 10 x 10 cm printed from 2 plates in 3 colors	1977 edition 30
2	eierdop eggshell size 9,9 x 10 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1974 edition 30	11	receptie reception size 19,8 x 24,8 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1977 edition 30
3	bloemkool cauliflower size 19,9 x 19,9 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1975 edition 30	12	glazen en knikkers glasses and marbles size 24,6 x 19,9 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1977 edition 50
4	zwarte kat in doos black cat in a box size 10 x 10 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1975 edition 30	13	knikker marble size 5 x 5 cm printed from 1 plate in dark blue	1977 edition 50
5	fles met bekers bottle with tumblers size 10 x 10 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1975 edition 30	14	tennisballen op grind tennisballs on gravel size 24,8 x 20 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1978 edition 50
6	papieren bootje paper boat size 9,8 x 9,8 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1975 edition 30	15	schelpje little shell size 5 x 4,8 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1978 edition 50
7	ei met lepeltje egg with a spoon size 10 x 9,8 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1975 edition 30	16	twee peren two pears size 10 x 10,1 cm printed from 2 plates in colors	1978 edition 25
8	uien onions size 14,9 x 14,9 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1976 edition 30	17	rij bomen in zomer row of trees in summer size 24,7 x 19,8 cm printed from 1 plate in 3 colors	1979 edition 50
9	tennisballen tennisballs size 20 x 12,5 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1977 edition 30	18	poes op pakpapier cat on wrapping paper size 9,9 x 9,9 cm printed from 1 plate	1979 edition 50

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19	knoflook met radijsjes garlic with radishes size 9,8 x 9,8 cm printed from 2 plates 3 colors	1979 edition 50	29	slakkenhuis snailshell size 4,9 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1981 edition 50
20	Vier mokken four mugs size 29,4 x 39,5 cm printed from 2 plates in 3 colors	1980 edition 30	30	Tommy size 9,7 x 9,6 cm printed from 1 plate	1981 edition 50
21	plastic bekers plastic cups size 20 x 12,4 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1980 edition 50	31	komkommers cucumbers size 24,4 x 19,6 cm printed from 2 plates in 3 colors	1982 edition 50
22	twee steentjes two pebbles size 5 x 4,9 cm printed from 2 plates in 3 colors	1980 edition 50	32	drie kersen three cherries size 9,9 x 9,8 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors	1982 edition 50
23	framboos raspberry size 5 x 4,9 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors	1980 edition 50	33	doorgesneden tomaten cut tomatoes size 19,7 x 19,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 4 colors	1982 edition 50
24	citroen lemon size 9,8 x 10 cm printed from 2 plates in 3 colors	1980 edition 50	34	gras bij nacht grass at night size 19,8 x 14,8 cm printed from 2 plates in 3 colors	1982 edition 75
25	negen radijsjes nine radishes size 9,9 x 10 cm printed from 2 plates in 3 colors	1980 edition 50	35	oog eye size 7,4 x 7,4 cm by commission of Dr. T. U. Hoogenraad for his thesis on ocular muscles	1982 edition 100
26	schuur van de buren barn of the neighbours size 29,7 x 24,7 cm printed from 2 plates in 4 colors	1980 edition 50	36	perzik peach size 9,8 x 9,8 cm edition 50 printed from 3 plates in 4 colors	1982
27	golfbal size 19,2 x 12,5 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors	1981 edition 50	37	witte klaver white clover size 4,7 x 4,9 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors	1982 edition 50
28	ping pong ballen table tennis balls size 9,8 x 9,7 cm printed from 1 plate	1981 edition 50	38	aardbei strawberry size 4,6 x 4,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1982 edition 75

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39	schelpje 2 little shell 2 size 4,8 x 5 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors	1983 edition 75	48	beukenootje beech-nut size 4,8 x 4,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1983 edition 75
40	geschilde appel peeled apple size 9,8 X 9,8 cm printed from 4 plates in 5 colors	1983 edition 75	49	twee halve peren two half pears size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1984 edition 75
41	partjes sinaasappel op handdoek slices of orange on a towel size 24,6 x 19,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1983 edition 75	50	frambozen in kom raspberries in a bowl size 19,5 x 19,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1984 edition 75
42	kruisbessen gooseberries size 9,7 x 9,8 cm printed from 4 plates in 5 colors 2^ndprize Miniature Print Biénnal "Kunstforum" Schelderode, Belgium	1983 edition 75	51	dauwdruppel aan gras dewdrop on grass size 4,8 x 4,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors based on a haiku by J. van Tooren Red Ink Award, Pratt Graphics, New York 10^thInternational Miniature Print Competition, 1985	1984 edition 75
43	kruisbes gooseberry size 4,8 x 4,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1983 edition 75	52	klaproos poppy size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors based on a haiku of Issa made for the project "Pennen en Penselen" (Pens and Brushes)	1984 edition 75
44	citroenen op tafel lemmons on a table size 19,8 x 14,8 cm	1983 edition 75	53	kommen en kroes in schemering bowls and mug in twilight size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors based on a haiku of Bashö made for the project "Pennen en Penselen" (Pens and Brushes)	1984 edition 75
45	glas water met citroenen glass of water with lemons size 19,7 x 19,7 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors	1983 edition 75	54	herderstasje shepherdpurse size 4,8 x 4,7 cm printed from 2 plates in 2 colors made for the project "Pennen en Penselen" (Pens and Brushes)	1984 edition 75
46	"Japie" op een stoel "Japie" on a chair size 14,8 x 14,8 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1983 edition 75	55	kersen en perziken cherries and peaches size 24,7 x 19,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1985 edition 60
47	drie tomaten three tomatoes size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1983 edition 75	56	"Japie" op rode tafel "Japie"on a red table size 24,4 x 19,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1986 edition 75

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57	tulp "Amerikaanse Vlag" Dutch tulip "American Flag" size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1986 edition 75	67	kiwi's en radijs kiwis and radish size 9,5 x 9,5 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1987 edition 100
58	chionodoxa tussen grind chionodoxa between pebbles size 4,8 x 4,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1986 edition 100	68	niet storen s.v.p. do not disturb size 9,6 x 9,4 cm printed from 1 plate	1987 edition 75
59	een beetje wijn a little bit of wine size 9,8 x 9,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1986 edition 100	69	herfst fall size 4,5 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1987 edtion 75
60	regendruppel op blaadje raindrop on a small leaf size 1,9 x 1,9 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1986 edition 75	70	de "Glass Veranda" knikker the "Glass Veranda" marble size 4,6 x 4,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors 1st prize (ex aequo) Mini Print Internacional 1988 Cadaques, Spain	1988 edition 75
61	het groene glas the green glass size 19,6 x 19,5 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1986 edition 75	71	kersenbloesem cherry blossom size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1988 edition 75
62	druppel en knikker marble and waterdrop size 4,9 x 4,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors 1st prize first British International Miniature Print Competition	1986 edition 75	72	19e eeuws handwerkgerei met meetlint 19th c. things for needlework with tape measure size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1988 edition 75
63	appels apples size 24,4 x 19,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1987 edition 75	73	maasbal en kluwenhouder 19e eeuw 19th century darningball and clew holder size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1988 edition 75
64	Sylvia's Cola size 19,5 x 19,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1987 edition 75	74	akelei columbine size 9,5 x 9,4 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors by commission of the "Province of Utrecht"	1988 edition 100
65	de witte en de blauwe kroes the white and the blue mug size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1987 edition 75	75	kom met ei bowl with egg size 9,6 x 9,5 cm printed from 3 plates in 4 colors	1988 edition 75
66	viooltje pansy size 4,5 x 4,5 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors edition	1987 edition 75	76	uit de zee from the sea size 24,5 x 19,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1989 edition 75

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77	kastanje chesnut size 4,5 x 4,5 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1989 edition 100	87	Paprika's size 19,5 x 19,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 cilors	1991 edition 100
78	blauw flesje small blue bottle size 19,5 x 19,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1990 edition 75	88	mosselschelpen mussel shells size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 5 plates in 5 colors	1991 edition 75
79	neerdwarrelend veertje descending feather size 9,5 x 9,5 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1990 edition 100	89	perzik en peer peach and pear size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1991 edtion 75
80	colorbanded snail shell size 4,6 x 4,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1990 edition 75	90	klosje rood garen reel with red yarn size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors edition	1991 edition 75
81	peren en framboos pears and raspberry size 19,6 x 19,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 5 colors edition	1990 edition 75	91	schelp en knikker shell and marble size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1991 edition 100
82	twee madeliefjes two daisies size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1990 edtion 100	92	lucht, land en water te Doorn air, land and water at Doorn size 24,4 x 19,6 printed from 3 plates in 3 colors by commission of the city of Doorn: this mezzotint is part of the environment conservation award of the city of Doorn	1992 edtion 50
83	vallende kastanje falling chestnut size 9,7 X 9,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1990 edition 100	93	zomernacht summernight size 19,6 x 19,6 printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1992 edition 100
84	partje manderijn part of mandarin size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1990 edtion 75	94	druif met takje size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors by commission of the "Kamerbeek" company at Amersfoort	1992 edtion 200
85	teddy beer teddy bear size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors made for private use	1991 edtion 75	95	aankomst van een blad arrival of a leaf size 24,5 x 19,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1992 edtion 100
86	wind en wijn wind and wine size 24,6 x 19,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1991 edtion 75	96	blauwe schelp blue shell size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1992 edtion 100

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97	beertje little bear size 9,8 x 9,8 cm printed from plates in colors made for privat use	1992 edition 100	107	schelp in kistje shell in a wooden box size 9,7 x 9,8 cm printed from 1 plate in black	1994 edition 100
98	appels in vergiet appels in a colander size 19,7 x 24,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1993 edition 100	108	appel bij Sterkenburg apples near Sterkenburg size 19,5 x 14,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors by commision of the province of Utrecht	1995 edition 50
99	noten. balk. kruis-bes size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors by commission of "Concert in Cothen"	1993 edition 100	109	drie druiven three grapes size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1995 edtion 100
100	aalbessen red currants size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1993 edition 100	110	slaappillen sleeping pills size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1995 edition 100
101	radix medicinae oris size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors by commision of "Het Nederlandsch Tandheelkundig Genootschap" (Dutch Dental Society)	1994 edition 100	111	op recept with a prescription size 9,6 x 9,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1996 edition 100
102	twee honden two dogs size 24,5 x 19,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 4 colors	1994 edition 100	112	ontdekking van de wereld discovery of the world size 9,7 x 9,6 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors for the portfolio of the Haagse Ets Club	1996 edtion 75
103	watertoren watertower size 24,6 x 19,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 5 colors this mezzotint is an alternated form of nr. 92	1994 edition 100	113	peren en stopflesje pears and glass jar size 24,6 x 19,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1996 edition 100
104	oud veertje old feather size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1994 edition 100	114	blauw flesje bronwater blue bottle springwater size 24,5 x 19,6 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1996 edtion 100
105	sinaasappelen in mand oranges in basket size 24,6 x 19,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 5 colors	1994 edition 100	115	japanse kommen japanese bowls size 19,6 x 19,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1996 edtion 100
106	mineraalwater mineralwater size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors by commision of the "Federatie Kunstuitleen" at The Hague	1994 edition 60	116	lampionnetjes small lanterns size 4,6 x 4,7 cm printed from 4 plates in 4 colors	1996 edtion 125

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117	drie maten fluiten size 9,7 x 9,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors by commision of "Concert in Cothen"	1997 edition 100
118	roze schelp pink shell size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1997 edition 125
119	rabarber rhubarb size 24,4 x 19,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1997 edition 100
120	twee rode uien en een witte two red onions and a white one size 9,8 x 9,8 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1998 edition 100
121	rode uien en glazenpot red onions and a glass jar size 19,6 x 24,5 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1998 edition 100
122	twee schelpen* two shells size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors	1998 edition 100
123	druiven en radijs* grapes and radish size 4,7 x 4,7 cm printed from 3 plates in 3 colors *special edition for luxus edition of the book	1998 edition 100
124	drie paprika's three paprika's size 19,6 x 19,6 cm color mezzotint	1998 edition 100

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Hier informatie en geschiedenis over door Joop gemaakte werken.

Wie heeft een afbeelding en, indien bekend, wat is de geschiedenis hiervan.

De eerste aanmelding is van Jan Nekkers:

Sinds een groot aantal jaren zijn mijn vrouw en ik verzamelaars van “grafiek op papier”. Via galerieën, veilingen, internetsites of rechtstreeks van de kunstenaar breiden we onze Nekkers-Kapitein-Collectie langzaam maar zeker uit. Omdat we onze verzameling graag goed en uitvoering documenteren proberen we zoveel mogelijk achtergrond informatie over hem/haar te vinden. Bijgaand een foto van de afbeelding “Beukennootje” 1983 Techniek: Ets, 30/75 (ik vermoed dat het een mezzotint is) Afmeting: 4,8 x 4,8 cm Gesig.: rechts onder in potlood, naam voluit + jaartal Links onder Titel en midden onder de oplage. (Noot webmaster: de foto is van een te slechte kwaliteit; ik heb gevraagd om een foto met een hogere resolutie)

Het werk is in bezit geweest van Kunstuitleen “De Krabbendans” uit Eindhoven met nr. A95-006 (Kunstuitleen is opgeheven in 2012). Het werk was geprijsd f. 295,00 incl. lijst.

Het werk heeft mogelijk gehangen in Singer Museum te Laren in een expositie Grafiek NU 2. Nov.-Dec. 1986. In de Leeuwarder Courant van 28-11-’86 wordt gesproken over “de pieterpeuterige beukennootjes” van Joop Vegter.

Reden waarom we werk van Joop Vegter in onze verzameling hebben opgenomen is, naast de prachtige afbeelding en hoge technische kwaliteit van het werk, het feit dat hij lid is/was van het Amersfoorts Kunstenaars genootschap De Ploegh.

Dat laatste is (één van de) criteria bij aanschaf van grafiek op papier. (we moeten tenslotte ergens een grens trekken!)

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Paul Wetselaar:

In het verleden heb ik een kunstwerk gekocht van Joop Vergter tijdens een expositie in Leiden. Het kunstwerk heet: Kersen en Perziken uit het jaartal 1985 en vind het nog altijd prachtig.

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Joop Vegter is in september 2017 overleden.

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Elena Kornetchuk died Saturday, April 25, 2015.
She had owned the International Art Gallery in Sewickley, PA.
Elena wrote an introduction in “Mezzotint Joop Vegter”

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Enkele (39) werken van Joop zijn toegevoegd aan de collectie van het Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Bloeiende artisjok
Het groene glas
Ontdekking van de wereld
Achter de haag
Bootje van papier
Bloemkool

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