Woodcut

Scope note

A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.

This term has 2,850 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053296

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>

Narrower Terms used

chiaroscuro woodcut
colour woodcuts

Term used for

printing, wood block
printing, woodcut
wood block printing
wood-block printing

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Pentecost

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schäufelein, Hans Leonhard

Ecce Homo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schäufelein, Hans Leonhard

Emperor Maximilian I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Weiditz, Hans, the younger
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

The Last Judgement, with Zephanja and St Batholomew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holzmüller, Heinrich
Designer: Bockstorffer, Christoffel (Probably)

Stag hunt in the Lörs forest

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ostendorfer, Michael
Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien) (Formerly attributed)

Title page, with the monogram Jesu and a circle containing Hebrew, Greek and Latin inscriptions, surrounded by landscapes and figures of saints

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

A bust-length man wearing an earring on top of an unidentified coat-of-arms; with with an ivy leaf, a bust-length man in profile to left, and half an eagle in the escutcheon; festoons in upper corners

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien) (Possibly)
Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht (Formerly attributed)

Charity

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Annunciation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Henry VIII in council

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Franck, Hans

An image of Print

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Maker(s)

Designer: Holbein, Hans, the younger
Blockcutter: Specklin, Viet
Printmaker: Lützelburger, Hans (Formerly attributed)

Images de Saints et Saintes issus de la Famille de l'Empereur Maximillien I

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Beck, Leonhard (After)
Draughtsman: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder (Formerly after)
Printer: Bartsch, Adam von
Blockcutter: Resch, Wolfgang

An image of Print

St Walpurgis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Franck, Hans

An image of Print

St Bega

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Seman, Claus

An image of Print

St Hubertus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Unknown

An image of Print

St Veronus (of Lembeek)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Negker, Jost de

An image of Print

St Remingus (of Rouen)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Seman, Claus

An image of Print

St Mauricius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Seman, Claus

An image of Print

St Rudolfus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Unknown

An image of Print

St Otillia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Lindt, Alexius

An image of Print

St Adalbertus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Resch, Wolfgang

An image of Print

St Eadmundus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Resch, Wolfgang

An image of Print

St Agnebertus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Lindt, Alexius

An image of Print

St Gebhardus of Constance

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard
Blockcutter: Taberith, Hans

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