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 4,657 records attributed within our system.
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Technique
Material
300053233
black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Lens, Bernard II
Maes, Dirk
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Painter:
Maratti, Carlo
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Duche, Thomas Spence
(After)
Printmaker:
Simon, John
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Draughtsman:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Printmaker:
Simon, John
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Draughtsman:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Printmaker:
Simon, John
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Draughtsman:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Printmaker:
Gainsborough, Thomas
Printmaker:
Rowlandson, Thomas
Printmaker:
Heiss, Elias Christoph
Painter:
Amling, Karl Gustav (von)
(After)
Printmaker:
Beckett, Isaac
Painter:
Heemskerck, Egbert van (the elder)
(After)
Publisher:
Beckett, Isaac
Printmaker:
Bell, Edward
Painter:
Ströhling, Peter Edward
(After)
Publisher:
Ströhling, Peter Edward
Printmaker:
Faithorne, William, the Younger
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Publisher:
Cooper, Edward
Printmaker:
Picart, Bernard
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
Publisher:
Picart, Bernard
Printmaker:
Smith, John
Publisher:
Smith, John
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronet
(After)
Printmaker:
Pether, William
Painter:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(After)
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