Printing process that produces images in line and with little tonal quality; the plate, usually of copper, is incised using a burin, the slight burr produced is scraped away, and the plate is inked for intaglio printing. OCA
This term has 20,804 records attributed within our system.
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300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman:
Rebecca, Biagio
(After)
Painter:
Carlini, Agostino
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Banck, Jan van der
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Holbein, Hans, the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Holbein, Hans, the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Champaigne, Jean Baptiste de
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Publisher:
Knapton, John
Painter:
Holbein, Hans, the younger
(After)
Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Holbein, Hans, the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Basire, James I
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Jouvenet, Jean Baptiste
(After)
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Troy, François de
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Picart, Étienne
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronety
(After)
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronety
(After)
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