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:
Poilly, François I de
(Possibly)
Publisher:
Poilly, François I de
Printmaker:
Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter:
Keyser, Thomas de
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Audran, Girard
(Formerly attributed)
Printmaker:
Coulet, Anne Philiberte
Painter:
Vernet, Joseph
(After)
Publisher:
Lempriere, Clement
Printmaker:
Moitte, Rose Angélique
Painter:
Lallemand, Jean Baptiste
(After)
Publisher:
Moitte, Pierre Etienne
Printmaker:
Medland, Thomas
Painter:
Farington, Joseph
(After)
Publisher:
Byrne, William
Printmaker:
Beauvarlet, Marie-Catherine
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Printmaker:
Sharp, William
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Publisher:
Sharp, William
Printmaker:
Aliamet, François Germain
Painter:
Pine, Robert Edge
(After)
Publisher:
Pine, Robert Edge
Printmaker:
Heath, James
Painter:
Wheatley, Francis
(After)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Byrne, William
Printmaker:
Schumann, Johann Gottlieb
Painter:
Hodges, William
(After)
Printmaker:
Blooteling, Abraham
Painter:
Keyser, Pieter de
(After)
Printmaker:
Roullet, Jean Louis
Painter:
Girardon, François
(After)
Printmaker:
Cathelin, Louis Jacques
Draughtsman:
Latour, Maurice Quentin de
(After)
Draughtsman:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas II
(After)
Printmaker:
Parboni, Pietro
Painter:
Claude Lorrain
(After)
Publisher:
Antoni, Niccolò de
Printmaker:
Ingouf, François Robert
Painter:
Dou, Gerrit
(After)
Publisher:
Basan, Pierre François
Printmaker:
Chevillet, Juste
Painter:
Terborch, Gerard II
(After)
Publisher:
Wille, Johann Georg
Printmaker:
Vertue, George
Painter:
Gossaert, Jan
(After)
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