Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Historic Shades 15ml: Cassler Brown

Schmincke's historic special shades from the 1930's

- Warm, semi-transparent brown tone from brown coal (NBr8)
- Good lightfastness
- Already known in the 16th century, widespread from the 17th to 19th centuries
- Popular pigment until the 1960s
- Replaced since the 1970s by more resistant, similarly glazing pigments
- Hardly available anymore in art supplies
- Appreciated by van Dyck, Rembrandt, Rubens
- Recognisable in historical paintings as a warm, transparent brown, often mixed with gold ochre