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:
Immenraet, Philips Augustyn
(Attributed)
Printmaker:
Uden, Lucas van
(Previously attributed)
Draughtsman:
Uden, Lucas van
(After)
Printmaker:
Saenredam, Jan
Draughtsman:
Bloemaert, Abraham
(After)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Printmaker:
Pether, William
Printmaker:
Mason, James
Printmaker:
Watson, James
Printmaker:
Green, Valentine
Printmaker:
Boydell, Josiah
Printmaker:
Watson, Caroline
Printmaker:
Choffard, Pierre Philippe
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Printmaker:
Sherwin, John Keyse
Printmaker:
Canot, Pierre Charles
Painter:
Various
(After)
Printmaker:
Passe, Crispijn I de
Printmaker:
Passe, Willem de
Printmaker:
Passe, Simon de
Printmaker:
Passe, Magdalena van de
Printmaker:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman:
Leonardo da Vinci
(After)
Draughtsman:
Carracci, Annibale
(After)
Draughtsman:
Carracci, Lodovico
(After)
Draughtsman:
Claude Lorrain
(After)
Draughtsman:
Poussin, Nicolas
(After)
Draughtsman:
Dughet, Gaspard (Gaspard Poussin)
(After)
Printmaker:
Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst
Printmaker:
Rechberger, Franz
Printmaker:
Wael, Jan Baptist de
Printmaker:
Wael, Cornelis de
Printmaker:
Visscher, Cornelis de
Printmaker:
Visscher, Johannes
Printmaker:
Visscher, Lambert de
Printmaker:
Kilian, Lucas
Printmaker:
Kilian, Philipp
Printmaker:
Kilian, Wolfgang
Printmaker:
Kilian, Bartholomäus II
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