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:
Edelinck, Gérard
Publisher:
Audran, Jean
Painter:
Champaigne, Philippe de
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Roue, Lucrèce Catherine de la
(After)
Printmaker: Delaune, Étienne
Printmaker:
Mason, James
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Publisher:
Bowles, Carington
Painter:
Serres, Dominic
(After)
Printmaker: Masson, Antoine
Printmaker:
Canot, Pierre Charles
Publisher:
Wilkinson, Robert
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Publisher:
Bowles, Carington
Painter:
Serres, Dominic
(After)
Printmaker:
Larmessin, Nicolas III de
Printmaker:
Schmidt, Georg Friedrich
(Formerly attributed)
Publisher:
Larmessin, Nicolas III de
Painter:
Lancret, Nicolas
(After)
Printmaker:
Massard, Jean
Draughtsman:
Eisen, Charles Joseph Dominique
(After)
Printmaker:
Callot, Jacques
Painter:
Muziano, Girolamo
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Draughtsman:
Nanteuil, Robert
(After)
Printmaker:
Masson, Antoine
Painter:
Mignard, Nicholas
(After)
Printmaker:
Woollett, William
Publisher:
Bradford, Thomas
Painter:
Stubbs, George
(After)
Printmaker:
Girardin, Jean
Painter:
Bourdon, Sébastien
(After)
Printmaker:
Nanteuil, Robert
Painter:
Champaigne, Philippe de
(After)
Printmaker:
Schmidt, Georg Friedrich
Publisher:
Larmessin, Nicolas III de
Painter:
Lancret, Nicolas
(After)
Printmaker:
Canot, Pierre Charles
Publisher:
Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman:
Pillement, Jean-Baptiste
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Ehrenstrahl, David Klöcker
(After)
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