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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14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Draughtsman:
Descamps, Jean Baptiste
(After)
Printmaker:
Caylus, Philippe de Thubières, comte de
Printmaker:
Joullain, François
Draughtsman:
Gillot, Claude
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, George (of Chichester)
Printmaker:
Smith, John (of Chichester)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Chenu, Thérèse
Draughtsman:
Breenbergh, Bartholomeus
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Garreau, Louis
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Weisbrod, Carl Wilhelm
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz.
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Draughtsman:
Descamps, Jean Baptiste
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Wouwerman, Philips
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Bolswert, Schelte Adams
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
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Publisher:
Enden, Martin I van den
Printmaker:
Blooteling, Abraham
Publisher:
Blooteling, Abraham
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
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Printmaker:
Basire, James I
Publisher:
Cadell, Thomas
Publisher:
Strahan, William
Painter:
Hodges, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Masquelier, Louis Joseph
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Ruisdael, Jacob van
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Aliamet, Jean Jacques
Publisher:
Aliamet, Jean Jacques
Painter:
Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz.
(After)
Printmaker:
Goyrand, Claude
Publisher:
Vallet, Jean
Draughtsman:
Mellan, Claude
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Michau, Theobald
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Pool, Mattys
Publisher:
Pool, Mattys
Painter:
Poussin, Nicolas
(After)
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