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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

Term used for

engravng

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Euterpe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips (Workshop of)
Publisher: Galle, Philips
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Youth, Labour

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Plate Twenty-three

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Cornelis I
Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Plate Sixty-six

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Cornelis I
Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Zeno

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Plate Forty-nine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Cornelis I
Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Prayer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Gualfardus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Plate Twelve

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Cornelis I
Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Josaphat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Plate Fifty-one

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Cornelis I
Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

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