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Black carbon ink

This term has 10,950 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

300081180

Broader Terms used

<ink by composition or origin>

Term used for

carbon ink
carbon ink, black
ink, black carbon

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Rape of the Sabine Women

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Alberti, Cherubino (After)
Designer: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara) (After)

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Parrocel, Joseph

Heads of Old Men and of Women

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti) (After)

An image of Print

The Tribute Money

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An image of Print

Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An arched print

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An image of Print

Landscape with a cottage and a hay barn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bretherton, James
Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

Jonah Surveying the City of Nineveh, from Beneath a Gourd Tree

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Designer: Bol, Hans (After)
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus

An image of Print

St Jerome kneeling in prayer, looking down

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An image of Print

Christ disputing with the doctors: A sketch

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Holy Family with John the Baptist

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brebiette, Pierre
Painter: Andrea del Sarto (After)
Publisher: Quesnel, Augustin I (Probably)

An image of Print

Landscape with a cottage and a large tree

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Pissing Ewe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz. (After)

Saint Francis of Assisi Embracing the Christ Child with the Virgin and Putti in Glory

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Map of Prague

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Self-portrait with cap pulled forward

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Landscape with Ruins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hooch, Carel de

An image of Print

Bald man in a fur cloak: Bust

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vliet, Jan van (Attributed)
Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Reworked after)

An image of Print

David in prayer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Miracle of Christ on the Sea of Galilee

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Cornelis I
Designer: Vos, Maarten de (After)
Publisher: Collaert, Adriaen

An image of Print

Sir William R Drake, F.S.A (first plate)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

An image of Print

The Leper

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Smoker and the Drinker

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ostade, Adriaen van

King Porus Injured

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leclerc, Sebastien I
Painter: Le Brun, Charles (After)

An image of Print

Old man with beard, fur cap, and velvet cloak

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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