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:
Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter:
Terborch, Gerard II
(After)
Printmaker:
Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter:
Keyser, Thomas de
(After)
Printmaker:
Audran, Girard
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(Formerly attributed)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Audran, Girard
(Formerly attributed)
Painter:
Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)
(After)
Printmaker:
Sauvé, Jean
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
(Formerly attibuted)
Printmaker:
Demautort
Painter:
Schenau, Johann Eleazar
(After)
Publisher:
Wille, Johann Georg
Printmaker:
Byrne, William
Printmaker:
Schumann, Johann Gottlieb
Painter:
Hearne, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Byrne, William
Printmaker:
Lowry, Wilson
Draughtsman:
Smirke, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Milton, Thomas
Publisher:
Malton, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Gaultier, Léonard
Designer:
Chéron, Jean
(After)
Publisher:
Messager, Jean
Printmaker:
Byrne, William
Printmaker:
Medland, Thomas
Painter:
Farington, Joseph
(After)
Publisher:
Byrne, William
Printmaker:
Moitte, Rose Angélique
Painter:
Lallemand, Jean Baptiste
(After)
Publisher:
Moitte, Pierre Etienne
Printmaker:
Morghen, Raffaello
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Draughtsman:
Tofanelli, Stefano
(After)
Printmaker:
Picart, Bernard
Painter:
Carracci, Annibale
(After)
Publisher:
Picart, Bernard
Printmaker:
Coulet, Anne Philiberte
Painter:
Vernet, Joseph
(After)
Printmaker:
Blooteling, Abraham
Painter:
Helst, Bartholomeus van der
(After)
Printmaker:
Heath, James
Painter:
Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby)
(After)
Publisher:
Heath, James
Printmaker:
Tardieu, Pierre François
Painter:
Pannini, Giovanni Paolo
(After)
Printmaker:
Byrne, William
Painter:
Hearne, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Byrne, William
Printmaker:
Pontius, Paulus
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Visscher, Johannes
Painter:
Noordt, Joannes van
(After)
Publisher:
Visscher, Claes Claesz II
Printmaker:
Vertue, George
Painter:
Fruytiers, Philip
(After)
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
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