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.
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Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material
300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Galle, Philips
(Workshop of)
Publisher:
Galle, Philips
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
Painter:
Neroni, Bartolomeo (Riccio)
(After)
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
Draughtsman:
Muziano, Girolamo
(After)
Publisher:
Le Brun, Jean Baptiste Pierre
Printmaker:
Pierron, Jean Antoine
Printmaker:
Texier, G.
Printmaker:
Guyard, Jean Baptiste
Printmaker:
Betti, Giovanni Battista
Printmaker:
Weisbrod, Carl Wilhelm
Printmaker:
Schulze, Christian Gottfried
Printmaker:
Levillain, Gérard René
Printmaker:
Quéverdo, Louis Yves
Printmaker:
Blot, Maurice
Printmaker:
Dambrun, Jean
Printmaker:
Daudet, Robert
Printmaker:
Zentner, J.
Printmaker:
Dequevauviller, François
Printmaker:
Bruneseau, Charles
Printmaker:
Godefroy, François
Printmaker:
Meer, Noach van der II
Printmaker:
Hubert, François
Printmaker:
Gaucher, Charles Étienne
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Ghendt, Emmanuel de
Printmaker:
Guttenberg, Heinrich
Printmaker:
Maillet, Joseph C.
Printmaker:
Bettelini, Pietro
Printmaker:
Romanet, Antoine Louis
Printmaker:
Passe, Crispijn I de
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Matham, Theodor
Painter:
Spilberg, Johann II
(After)
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