Engraving

Scope note

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.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053231

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

copper engraving (printmaking process)
roulette

Term used for

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Ornament with children and fantastic animals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

Ornament with satyrs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

Matthew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Beham, Hans Sebald (After)

Ornament with foliage

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

St Mark

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gheyn, Jacob II de
Publisher: Goltzius, Hendrik
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik (After)

Ludolf Van Ceulen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gheyn, Jacob II de

Léonard de Lamet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Drevet, Pierre
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

St John

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (Attributed)

An image of Print

Jacques Blanchard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard
Painter: Blanchard, Jacques (After)

Envy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

Dancing couple

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

An image of Print

Pierre Jeannin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leu, Thomas de

St James the Greater

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (Attributed)

Julius Caesar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bruyn, Nicolaes de
Londerseel, Assuerus van (After)

An image of Print

Blaise de Vignère

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leu, Thomas de

Ozias Day, Tea Dealer, Grocer & Provision Merchant, Bristol.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Jacobus Edelheer van Lawain

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fruytiers, Philip

An image of Print

Jean de la Fontaine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

Wealth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

Dancing couple

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

Ornament with vase and fantastic female figures.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

St Matthew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gheyn, Jacob II de
Publisher: Goltzius, Hendrik
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik (After)

St Thomas

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (Attributed)

Ornament with children

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich (Attributed)

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