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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300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Jan I
Publisher:
Jode, Gerard de
Broeck, Crispin van den
(After)
Printmaker:
Vitalba, Giovanni
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Painter:
Lauri, Filippo
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Boucher, François
(After)
Printmaker:
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Painter:
Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Jode, Gerard de
Draughtsman:
Vos, Maarten de
(After)
Printmaker:
Audenaerde, Robert van
Publisher:
Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de'
Painter:
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
(After)
Printmaker:
Vouillemont, Sébastien
Painter:
Reni, Guido
(After)
Printmaker:
Larmessin, Nicolas III de
Printmaker:
Schmidt, Georg Friedrich
(Formerly attributed)
Draughtsman:
Lancret, Nicolas
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Boucher, François
(After)
Printmaker: Villamena, Francesco
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman:
Bol, Hans
(After)
Publisher:
Sadeler family
Printmaker:
Musculus, T. W.
Publisher:
Fouquet, Pierre
Publisher:
Basan, Pierre François
Painter:
Zeeman, Reinier
(After)
Printmaker:
Audenaerde, Robert van
Publisher:
Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de'
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman:
Pourbus, Frans, the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Painter:
Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van
(After)
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