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.
AAT
Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material
300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
Zuccari, Federico
(After)
Printmaker:
Galle, Cornelis II
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano)
(After)
Printmaker:
Stock, Andries Jacobsz.
(Possibly)
Draughtsman:
Gheyn, Jacob II de
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Jan I
(Attributed)
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
(After)
Draughtsman:
Muziano, Girolamo
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Egidius II
Painter:
Aachen, Hans von
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Egidius II
Draughtsman:
Spranger, Bartholomaeus
(After)
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Egidius II
Publisher:
Sadeler, Egidius II
Draughtsman:
Savery, Roelant
(After)
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