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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Material
300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
Publisher:
Goltzius, Julius
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker: Monogrammist I. H. S.
Printmaker:
Longueil, Joseph de
Publisher:
Daumont, Jean François
Draughtsman:
Eisen, Charles Joseph Dominique
(After)
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Publisher:
Galle, Theodor
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Bruegel, Pieter, the elder
(After)
Printmaker:
Collaert, Adriaen
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano)
(After)
Printmaker:
Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Publisher:
Bos, Cornelis
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(Formerly after)
Printmaker:
Collaert, Adriaen
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano)
(After)
Printmaker:
Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Moreau, Jean Michel the younger
Painter:
Vernet, Joseph
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
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