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, Egidius II
(Attributed)
Publisher:
Sadeler, Marco
Draughtsman:
Savery, Roelant
(After)
Printmaker:
Matham, Jacob
(Attributed)
Draughtsman:
Goltzius, Hendrik
(After)
Printmaker:
Vico, Enea
Publisher:
Paolini, Giacomo
Draughtsman:
Salviati, Francesco (Francesco de' Rossi)
(After)
Draughtsman:
Floris, Frans I
(After)
Printmaker: Scheyndel, Gillis van
Printmaker:
Patton, Francis
Draughtsman:
Boitard, Louis-Philippe
(After)
Printmaker:
Parr, Nathaniel
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
Publisher:
Overton, Henry
Draughtsman:
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
(After)
Printmaker:
Sharp, William
Publisher:
Sharp, William
Painter:
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrett
(After)
Printmaker:
Bowles, Thomas II
Publisher:
Wilkinson, Robert
Publisher:
Bowles & Carver
Printmaker:
Sharp, William
Publisher:
Sharp, William
Painter:
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(After)
Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker:
Lommelin, Adriaen
Publisher:
Hendricx, Gillis
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Bowles, Thomas II
Printmaker:
Octavien, François
Publisher:
Fonbonne, Quirijn
Printmaker:
Fonbonne, Quirijn
(Retouched)
Printmaker:
Jegher, Jan Christoffel
(Attributed)
Publisher:
Visscher, Claes Jansz.
Printmaker:
Bosse, Abraham
(After)
Printmaker:
Rooker, Edward
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert
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