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

Alexander Preserving the Works of Homer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Muse with a Cornucopia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

The Annunciation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (Attributed)

St. Peter (repetition)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

St. Roch standing full face

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)

The Flagellation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

St Christopher

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

Casket Supported by Two Caryatids

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Pensive Woman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (Possibly)

An image of Print

The Virgin of the Palm Tree

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Nude Woman on a Fur

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Veneziano, Agostino

St. Matthew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Veneziano, Agostino
Painter: Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi) (After)

The Descent from the Cross

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)

Muse with a Mask

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Venus after her Bath

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

St. Catherine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)

Christ Appearing to Mary

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

The Baptism of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio

Young Woman with a lamp

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

The Massacre of the Innocents ("sans le chicot")

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (Possibly)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (After)

Mars, Venus and Cupid

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)
Dürer, Albrecht (After)

Two Nude Men

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)

An image of Print

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Veneziano, Agostino (After)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

St. Jude

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

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