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.
AAT
Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material
300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas II
Printmaker:
Huquier, Gabriel
(Finished by)
Designer:
Lajoue, Jacques II de
(After)
Printmaker:
Trière, Philippe
Draughtsman:
Moreau, Jean Michel the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
David, Jérôme
Designer:
Vignon, Claude
(After)
Publisher:
Langlois, François (Ciartres)
Printmaker:
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Printmaker:
Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean
(With)
Draughtsman:
Prieur, Francois Louis
(After)
Printmaker:
Pauquet, Jean Louis Charles
Printmaker:
Trière, Philippe
(With)
Draughtsman:
Moreau, Jean Michel the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Guttenberg, Heinrich
Draughtsman:
Moreau, Jean Michel the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Demarteau, Gilles Antoine
Printmaker:
François, Jean Charles
(Reworked after)
Painter:
Leszczynska, Marie, Queen of France
(After)
Painter:
Vien, Joseph Marie
(After)
Printmaker:
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Printmaker:
Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean
(With)
Draughtsman:
Prieur, Francois Louis
(After)
Printmaker:
Thomassin, Henri Simon
Painter:
Watteau, Jean Antoine
(After)
Publisher:
Chéreau, François
Publisher:
Chereau, François II
(Or)
Printmaker:
Galle, Cornelis, II
Painter:
Dyck, Anthony van
(After)
Publisher:
Meyssens, Joannes
Printmaker:
Flipart, Jean Jacques
Painter:
Gheyn, Jacob II de
(Possibly after)
Printmaker:
Pauquet, Jean Louis Charles
Printmaker:
Trière, Philippe
(With)
Draughtsman:
Ducoudray, Barnabé
(After)
Printmaker:
Niquet, Claude I
Draughtsman:
Girardet, Abraham
(After)
Draughtsman:
Meunier
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Mariette, Pierre II
(Attributed)
Printmaker:
Simon, Pierre
Publisher:
Jollain, François Gérard
Printmaker:
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel
Draughtsman:
Prieur, Francois Louis
(After)
Printmaker:
Niquet, Claude I
Printmaker:
Lépine, P. E.
(With)
Draughtsman:
Girardet, Abraham
(After)
Draughtsman:
Veny
(After)
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