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:
Dumont, Jacques
Printmaker:
Daullé, Jean
Publisher:
Daullé, Jean
Printmaker:
Vandrebanc, Peter
Painter:
Bourdon, Sébastien
(After)
Printmaker:
Vandrebanc, Peter
Publisher:
Bourdon, Sébastien
Painter:
Bourdon, Sébastien
(After)
Printmaker:
Dupuis, Charles
Publisher:
Chéreau, la Veuve
Draughtsman:
Boullogne, Louis de
(After)
Printmaker:
Baudet, Etienne
Painter:
Poussin, Nicolas
(After)
Printmaker:
Porporati, Carlo Antonio
Painter:
Dijk, Philip van
(After)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Printmaker:
Facius, Georg Sigmund
Printmaker:
Townley, Charles
Printmaker:
Heath, James
Printmaker:
Simon, Jean Pierre
Printmaker:
Hodges, Charles Howard
Printmaker:
Dunkarton, Robert
Printmaker:
Legat, Francis
Printmaker:
Boydell, Josiah
Printmaker:
Vivarès, François
Printmaker:
Walker, William
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Printmaker:
Watson, James
Printmaker:
Sailliar, Louis
Painter:
Various
(After)
Printmaker:
Delff, Willem Jacobsz.
Painter:
Bailly, David
(After)
Printmaker:
Munnickhuysen, Johannes Willemsz.
Painter:
Maes, Nicolaes
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Raphael I
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Raphael I
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Jan I
(Attributed)
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
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