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 20,804 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

An image of Print

Moïse Amyraut

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lombart, Pierre
Painter: Champaigne, Philippe de (After)

Isbrand van Diemerbroeck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Jean
Draughtsman: Hooghe, Romeyn de (After)

Charles Mouton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard
Painter: Troy, François de (After)

An image of Print

Adolph John, Prince Palatin, brother of King Charles of Sweden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falck, Jeremias

Louis XIII, King of France on horseback

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falck, Jeremias

Gaspard de Coligny

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Delff, Willem Jacobsz.
Painter: Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van (After)

An image of Print

Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falck, Jeremias
Painter: Beck, David (After)

An image of Print

Marie de' Medici

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gaultier, Léonard

William I, Prince of Nassau-Orange, called "De Zwyger"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Delff, Willem Jacobsz.
Painter: Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de (After)

An image of Print

Abraham Teniers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard
Painter: Teniers, Abraham (After)

Louis, duc de Bourgogne, the "Grand Dauphin", son of Louis XIV

Maker(s)

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

Marius Ambrosius Capello

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fruytiers, Philip

An image of Print

Johannes Coccejus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Broen, Willem de

An image of Print

Louis XIII, aged three

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Firens, Pierre I
Painter: Le Pilleur, Jeremie (After)

An image of Print

Gerard Edelinck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Nicolas
Painter: Tortebat, François (After)
Publisher: Edelinck, Nicolas

An image of Print

Christian-Louis, duc de Mecklembourg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lombart, Pierre
Painter: LaMare-Richart, Florent de (After)

An image of Print

Bust of Adolphe Jean, duc de Deux Ponts

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grignon, Jacques
Painter: Ehrenstrahl, David Klöcker (After)

An image of Print

Baron Sewedh Both

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falck, Jeremias
Painter: Cooper, Alexander (After)

Waiter

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Williamson, William

An image of Print

Elizabeth, Countess of Castlehaven

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lombart, Pierre
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

An image of Print

Claude le Brun de la Rochette

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fornazeris, Jacob de

An image of Print

Portrait of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ficquet, Etienne
Mignard, Paul

An image of Print

Abraham Bloemaert

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Publisher: Visscher, Claes Claesz II

An image of Print

Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lombart, Pierre
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

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