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 20,814 records attributed within our system.
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Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material
300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
Designer:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Collaert, Adriaen
Designer:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Designer:
Bol, Hans
(After)
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik
Printmaker:
Caraglio, Jacopo
Draughtsman:
Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo)
Printmaker:
Furnius, Pieter Jalhea
(Attributed)
Designer:
Groenning, Gerard P.
(After)
Printmaker:
Leclerc, Jean
Printmaker:
Ribera, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto)
(Formerly attributed)
Painter:
Saraceni, Carlo
(After)
Publisher:
Wyngaerde, Frans van den
Printmaker:
Collaert, Jan II
Designer:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Barbé, Jean Baptist
Designer:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Publisher:
Galle, Theodor
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Egidius II
Printmaker:
Alberti, Cherubino
(After)
Designer:
Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara)
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Master of the Die
(After)
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
(Probably after)
Printmaker:
Barbé, Jean Baptist
Designer:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Publisher:
Collaert, Adriaen
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