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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Reproduction type
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300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Lépicié, Bernard
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Lépicié, Bernard
Publisher:
Surugue, Louis
Printmaker:
Lépicié, Bernard
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Lépicié, Bernard
Publisher:
Surugue, Louis
Printmaker:
Martini, Pietro Antonio
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Vernet, Joseph
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Lépicié, Bernard
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Lépicié, Bernard
Publisher:
Surugue, Louis
Printmaker:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas I
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas I
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Draughtsman:
Weis, Johann Martin
(After)
Printmaker:
Choffard, Pierre Philippe
Draughtsman:
Moreau, Jean Michel the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Choffard, Pierre Philippe
Draughtsman:
Baudouin, Pierre Antoine
(After)
Printmaker:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas I
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas I
Printmaker:
Claesz., Allaert
Draughtsman:
Aldegrever, Heinrich
(Formerly attributed)
Draughtsman:
Binck, Jacob
(After)
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