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

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

copper engraving (printmaking process)
roulette

Term used for

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Barber's bowl

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Tea-caddy

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Chamberlain, Thomas

Tankard

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: De Jersey, William

Beaker

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Tankard

Maker(s)

Production: Eddon, William

Salt

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Cup

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: De Jersey, William

Bartholomaeus Spranger and his wife Christina Muller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II

An image of Print

Massacre of the Innocents

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dente, Marco (Marco da Ravenna)
Painter: Bandinelli, Baccio (After)

Two nude men facing right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio

George Field's bookplate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Cleopatra

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio

Venus and the Rose

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Osello, Gaspare
Printmaker: Ghisi, Giorgio (After)
Painter: Penni, Luca (After)
Publisher: Nelli, Niccolà

The Archbishop of Brindisi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Veneziano, Agostino

An image of Print

Henry II, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vico, Enea

The Climbers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Veneziano, Agostino (After)

Fortitude

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)

Trajan between the city of Rome and Victory

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)

Candlestick with a Faun and a Baccante.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Vico, Enea (After)

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