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
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Material
300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker: Duvet, Jean
Publisher:
Meyssens, Joannes
Printmaker:
Rucholle, Aegidius
Printmaker:
Various
Draughtsman:
Various
(After)
Printmaker:
Krüger, Theodor
Draughtsman:
Lanfranco, Giovanni
(After)
Printmaker:
Lupton, Thomas Goff
Printmaker:
Cooke, William Bernard
Printmaker:
Cooke, George
Printmaker:
Wallis, Robert
Printmaker:
Miller, William
Printmaker:
Radclyffe, William
Printmaker:
Allen, James Charles
Printmaker:
Jeavons, Thomas
Printmaker:
Brandard, Robert
Printmaker:
Goodall, Edward
Draughtsman:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(After)
Author:
Ruskin, John
Publisher:
E. Gambart & Co.
Printmaker:
Cunego, Domenico
Draughtsman:
Dolcibeni, Vincenzo
(After)
Draughtsman:
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(After)
Printmaker:
Audran, Girard
Publisher:
Joubert, François Etienne
Printmaker:
Guyot, Laurent
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Raimondi, Marcantonio
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Raimondi, Marcantonio
(After)
Printmaker:
Dente, Marco (Marco da Ravenna)
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Printmaker:
Massys, Cornelis
Draughtsman:
Holbein, Hans, the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter:
Francia, Francesco (Francesco Raibolini)
(After)
Printmaker:
Raimondi, Marcantonio
(Possibly)
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(After)
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