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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14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Caraglio, Jacopo
Printmaker:
Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo)
(After)
Printmaker:
Ghisi, Giorgio
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Painter:
Lombard, Lambert
(After)
Printmaker:
Rota, Martino
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Printmaker:
Beatrizet, Nicolas
Painter:
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(After)
Printmaker:
Master of the Die
Publisher:
Salamanca, Antonio
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Coxie, Michiel I
(After)
Printmaker:
Bonasone, Giulio
Painter:
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)
(After)
Printmaker:
Rota, Martino
Painter:
Vecellio, Tiziano
(After)
Printmaker:
Master of the Die
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Printmaker:
Rota, Martino
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Printmaker:
Raimondi, Marcantonio
Printmaker:
Dürer, Albrecht
(After)
Printmaker:
Beatrizet, Nicolas
Painter:
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(After)
Printmaker:
Master of the Die
Publisher:
Salamanca, Antonio
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Coxie, Michiel I
(After)
Printmaker: Rota, Martino
Printmaker:
Ghisi, Giorgio
Painter:
Primaticcio, Francesco
(After)
Printmaker:
Ghisi, Giorgio
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Painter:
Bertani, Giovanni Battista
(After)
Printmaker:
Ghisi, Giorgio
Painter:
Primaticcio, Francesco
(After)
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