Note 4 — PART VI.
Charles Lock Eastlake translation
Two great authorities, divided by more than three centuries, Leon Battista Alberti and Reynolds, have recommended this subdued treatment of white. "It is to be remembered," says the first, "that no surface should be made so white that it cannot be made more so. In white dresses again, it is necessary to stop far short of the last degree of whiteness."—Della Pittura, I. ii., compare with Reynolds, vol. i. dis. 8.