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:
Visscher, Cornelis de
Painter:
Vecellio, Tizianon
(Possibly after)
Printmaker:
Matham, Theodor
Toorenvliet, Jacob
(After)
Printmaker:
Falck, Jeremias
Painter:
Palma, Jacopo il Vecchio
(Formerly attributed)
Painter:
Bonifacio Veronese (Bonifacio de' Pitati)
(After)
Printmaker:
Doetecom, Joannes I van
Printmaker:
Doetecom, Lucas
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman:
Floris, Cornelis II
(After)
Printmaker:
Desrochers, Étienne
Painter:
Werff, Adriaen van der
(After)
Printmaker:
Wael, Jan de
Painter:
Wael, Cornelis de
(After)
Printmaker:
Master FVB
Printmaker:
Meckenem, Israhel van II
Printmaker:
Hamers, Melchior
(Possibly)
Draughtsman:
Wael, Cornelis de
(After)
Printmaker:
Peeters, Willem
(Possibly)
Draughtsman:
Wael, Cornelis de
(After)
Printmaker:
Couvay, Jean
Printmaker:
Bosse, Abraham
Draughtsman:
Vignon, Claude
(After)
Publisher:
Mariette, Pierre I
Printmaker:
Unknown
Painter:
Heintz, Joseph, the elder
(After)
Printmaker:
Wael, Cornelis de
Printmaker:
Wael, Jan Baptist de
(Formerly attributed)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Pazzi, Antonio
Painter:
Campiglia, Giovanni Domenico
(After)
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