Intaglio process in which the surface of the plate is methodically roughened with a rocker to produce a dark background; areas may then be lightened using various scrapers. Produces a printed image having a continuous tonal range. PRTT
This term has 4,658 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Unknown
Painter:
Lely, Peter
(After)
Publisher:
Browne, Alexander
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Smith, John Raphael
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Dickinson, William
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Bockman, Gerhard (not C. or George)
Painter:
Worsdale, James
(After)
Printmaker:
Vaillant, Wallerant
Publisher:
Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter:
Terborch, Gerard II
(After)
Printmaker:
Simon, John
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Painter:
Arlaud, Benoit or Benjamin
(After)
Printmaker:
McArdell, James
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Printmaker:
Vaillant, Wallerant
Publisher:
Covens, Jan
Publisher:
Mortier, Corneille
Printmaker:
Faithorne, William, the Younger
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Blois, Abraham de
Painter:
Lely, Peter
(After)
Publisher:
Blois, Abraham de
Printmaker:
Bleeck, Pieter van
Painter:
Bleeck, Pieter van
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