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:
Bernigeroth, Johann Martin
Painter:
Diest, Johan van
(After)
Printmaker:
Windter, Johann Wilhelm
Painter:
Preisler, Johann Justin
(After)
Painter:
Graf, Salomon
(After)
Printmaker:
Sandrart, Joachim I von
Draughtsman:
Sandrart, Johann Jakob von
(After)
Printmaker:
Windter, Johann Wilhelm
Painter:
Decker, Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Windter, Johann Wilhelm
Painter:
Kenckel, Johann
(After)
Draughtsman:
Preissler, Georg Martin
(After)
Printmaker:
Windter, Johann Wilhelm
Painter:
Decker, Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Custos, Dominicus
Printmaker:
Custos, Dominicus
Draughtsman:
Aachen, Hans von
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Bril, Paul
(After)
Publisher:
Sadeler, Raphael I
Printmaker:
Preissler, Georg Martin
Painter:
Hirschmann, Johann Leonhard
(After)
Printmaker:
Preissler, Georg Martin
Draughtsman:
Preissler, Johann Justin
(After)
Painter:
Hirschmann, Johann Leonhard
(After)
Printmaker: Gmelin, Wilhelm Friedrich
Printmaker: Gmelin, Wilhelm Friedrich
Printmaker:
Müller, Johann Gotthard von
Painter:
Tischbein, Johann Friedrich August
(After)
Printmaker:
Sandrart, Jakob von
Painter:
Sandrart, Joachim I von
(After)
Printmaker:
Isselburg, Peter
Publisher:
Overaed, Peter
(After)
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