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Dutch to English Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Translation Glossary

Dutch term English translation
afsluiting [van een (zij)kapel] screen; parclose screen
Entered by: Kitty Brussaard
aaibaar inviting to the touch
Ambachtelijke traditional
Bedoeken re-canvassing
beschouwer Observer
botte bijlen vicious cuts
brandingraften surf rafting
brievenbord letter rack
Entered by: Antoinette Verburg
Burgerlijke bekrompenheid narrow-minded bourgeois attitude
de wereld is aan de durvers! Who dares, wins!
doorstart new start, een doorstart maken = start up again
drager carrier
dun geschilderd finely painted
ebenisterie woodworking and cabinetmaking or woodwork and cabinetwork
Fijngeschilderd fine painting
fijnschilder fijnschilder (literally ‘fine-painter’) [with ‘fijnschilder’ in italics]
Entered by: Michael Beijer
geld als water verdienen makes money like water
grondering primer
Entered by: Antoinette Verburg
in beheer zijn van are held in trust by
intendant director or manager
jongste loot aan de boom latest/youngest offspring/offshoot
kerkring church gathering
kleivormpers Clay extruder
koppel couple
lijdend voorwerp (here) abject subject
lijm opbrengen to apply glue
maroufleren marouflage
Entered by: Antoinette Verburg
OI inkt Indian ink
onderliggende imprimatur underlying imprimatur
Papicolor Papicolor ® as it's a brand name
Entered by: Evert DELOOF-SYS
plaatsbinding (a) bond with a place
rookstoken pit firing
scèneboog proscenium arch
Entered by: Antoinette Verburg
schriftuur brush technique
Entered by: Antoinette Verburg
stillevens still lifes
stofuitdrukking textural expression
strijdblad personal magazine
vanitas vanitas
verplanken remounting
verstilling serenity
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