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:
Basan, Pierre François
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Payne, Albert Henry
Publisher:
Payne, Albert Henry
Printmaker:
Smith, George (of Chichester)
Printmaker:
Smith, John (of Chichester)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman:
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Pérignon, Nicolas
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Printmaker:
Philippe, Pieter
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Jode, Pieter I de
Painter:
Vecellio, Tiziano
(After)
Printmaker:
Joullain, François
Publisher:
Duchange, Gaspard
Publisher:
Joullain, François
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Morin, M.
Publisher:
Major, Thomas
Painter:
Wittel, Gaspar van
(After)
Printmaker:
Aliamet, Jean Jacques
Publisher:
Aliamet, Jean Jacques
Painter:
Jeaurat, Étienne
(After)
Printmaker:
Chenu, Thérèse
Draughtsman:
Breenbergh, Bartholomeus
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Brueghel, Jan, the elder
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman:
Schouman, Aert
(After)
Painter:
Bol, Ferdinand
(After)
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