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:
Carracci, Agostino
Printmaker:
Perrier, François (le Bourguignon)
Printmaker:
Brizio, Francesco
Printmaker:
Ciamberlano, Luca
Printmaker:
Valesio, Giovanni Luigi
Printmaker:
Galle, Cornelis I
Printmaker:
Sadeler, Raphael I
Printmaker:
Bril, Paul
(After)
Publisher:
Sadeler, Justus
Printmaker:
Caprioli, Aliprando
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
(Formerly attributed)
Publisher:
Duchet, Claude
Printmaker:
Breen, Gillis van
Draughtsman:
Mander, Karel I van
(After)
Printmaker:
Carracci, Annibale
Printmaker:
Vermeulen, Cornelis
Printmaker:
Faccini, Pietro
Printmaker:
Pisarri, Carlo Antonio
Printmaker:
Villamena, Francesco
Printmaker:
Bisschop, Jan de
Printmaker:
Maratti, Carlo
Printmaker:
Audran, Girard
Printmaker:
Simonneau, Charles I
Printmaker:
Lombart, Pierre
Printmaker:
Reni, Guido
Printmaker:
Aloisi Galanini, Baldassare (Galanino)
Printmaker:
Vaiani, Sebastiano
Printmaker:
Dauphin, Olivier
Printmaker:
Vaillant, Wallerant
Printmaker:
Bloemaert, Cornelis
Printmaker:
Chasteau, Guillaume
Printmaker:
Cunego, Domenico
Printmaker:
Mignard, Nicholas
Printmaker:
Pond, Arthur
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