Engraving

Scope note

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.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053231

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

copper engraving (printmaking process)
roulette

Term used for

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Jean-François Sarrasin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert

Portrait of Louis Hesselin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert

Portrait of Jacob Chimarrhaeus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II
Publisher: Sadeler, Marco

Noah's sacrifice

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Bol, Hans (After)
Publisher: Jode, Gerard de

Thou shalt not kill

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

An image of Print

Aqua

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips

Man is pestered by sins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips

Man meets dangers and diseases

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips

A shield is of no use when Fortune turns her back

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (Formerly after)

Fortune does not watch over all sleepers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (Formerly after)

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hogenberg, Remigius
Draughtsman: Unknown (After)

Noah boarding the ark with his family and the animals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Bol, Hans (After)
Publisher: Jode, Gerard de

Patience overcomes happiness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (Formerly after)

Thou shalt not steal [Ex. 20:15]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

Moses destroying the two tables of the law

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bos, Cornelis

The wife spinning

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)
Publisher: Bos, Cornelis

Ignis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips

Portrait of Samuel Pepys

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

Fortune using Man as a plaything

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (Formerly after)

Remember the Sabbath day [Ex. 20:8-11]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

Honour thy father and thy mother [Ex. 20:12]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

The battle of the Romans and the Sabines

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Caraglio, Jacopo
Draughtsman: Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo) (After)
Publisher: Salamanca, Antonio

The Virgin and Child with St Catherine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bolswert, Schelte Adams
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

A Spanish feast

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis

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