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

Henry IV, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Quad, Mathias

Charles Louis, Count Palatine of the Rhine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Waldreich, Johann Georg

Pospectus Rheni

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mechel, Christian von
Publisher: Mechel, Christian von
Painter: Weirotter, Franz Edmund (After)

An image of Print

"Der um einigen, durch das Königreich Engelland…" James II, King of England and James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, with the latter's execution scene bewteen the two portraits

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen, bishop of Wurzburg and Bamberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Justus Meier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Heyden, Jakob von der

Louis de Bourbon Prince of Condé

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kilian, Philipp

An image of Print

Henri Liébaux

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Chevalier, Jean (After)

An image of Print

Henri Liébaux

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Chevalier, Jean (After)

Johann Georg, Elector of Brandenburg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kilian, Wolfgang

Johann Casimir, Count Palatine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Kilian, Wolfgang (After)

Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kilian, Wolfgang (Attributed)

Antoine Raymond Jean Gaulbert Gabriel de Sartine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Vigee, Louis (After)

An image of Print

Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ulrich, Heinrich

An image of Print

Mary of Modena with the Prince of Wales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Lens, Bernard II (After)

An image of Print

Magdeleine de Scudéri

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Chéron, Élisabeth Sophie (After)

An image of Print

Henry Benoist, 2.d fils de Jacques Stuard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg

Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst, graf von Anholt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Francis White, Bishop of Ely

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Emperor Joseph I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thurneysen, Johann Jakob I
Printmaker: Thurneysen, Johann Jakob II
Draughtsman: Fischer, Isaac (After)

Pierre de Tenein, Cardinal de Tencin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wille, Johann Georg
Painter: Parrocel, Etienne (Le Romain) (After)

An image of Print

Anna Katharina Felwinger

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sandrart, Jakob von
Painter: Preissler, Daniel (After)

An image of Print

Martin Luther

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ulrich, Heinrich
Painter: Cranach, Lucas, the elder (After)

An image of Print

Samuel Suaaf

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sarragon, Johannes
Draughtsman: Becx, Johannes (After)

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