Gouache

Scope note

Opaque water-based paint, usually composed of pigment in gum arabic plus a white material that increases opacity; may be used for heightening works in aquarelle or for whole paintings.

This term has 343 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
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Technique

Getty AAT term number

300070114

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Created

13yrs ago

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An image of Valentine card

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

Harvest waggon by moonlight

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Hoppner, John

An image of Print

Old man shading his eyes with his hand

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An image of Drawing

"Le Torrent"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Moreau, Louis Gabriel (Moreau the elder)

An image of Print

Te Faruru

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gauguin, Paul

Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort entertaining Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie in the crypt of the Guildhall

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Thomas, George Houseman

Lago Fucino Au Laque foudzine (?)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Ruin of Mausoleum (?)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Capriccio - farm (?) and ruins in landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

An image of Drawing

Amphitheatre (?) at Pozzuoli

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

An image of Drawing

A village by a river

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rademaker, Abraham

Capriccio - fountain with ruined vault, tower at left

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Three ladies riding across a river

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Amman, Jost (After)

An image of Drawing

A ruin with archway and round turrets

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Capriccio - two fragments of dec. frieze in a landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Capriccio - group of ruins including statue of lion attacking a horse

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

An image of Drawing

A man-of-war in a choppy sea

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Antum, Aert van

Capriccio - interior of same building as 3659 and 3658

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Capriccio - interior of funeral chamber

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

An image of Drawing

An imaginary view of 'Het Tolhuis' on the River Merwede, near Gorcum

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ulft, Jacob van der

An image of Drawing

The Last Supper

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Master of the Fitzwilliam Deposition (Attributed to)

An image of Drawing

The Incredulity of St. Thomas

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

Capriccio Classical fragments in a landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

An image of Drawing

Capriccio - fragments in a landscape with two columns supporting an entablature at left

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

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