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Etching

This term has 21,764 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Broader Terms used

<etching (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

white-ground etching

Equivalent Terms used

hard-ground etching

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

The beginning of the flood

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Adam at work after the Fall

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Lamech and his family

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

God appearing to Mnoah

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

David bowing to Saul

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I (Attributed)
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

The generation of Enoch

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Habakkuk bringing Daniel food in the lion's den

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I (Attributed)
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Methusalem and his children

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Tubalcain in his forge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

The funeral of Adam

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

The reconciliation of Jacob and Esau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I (Attributed)
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Path by a stream before a wooded hillside

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nolpe, Pieter (Possibly)
Printmaker: Saftleven, Herman (Formerly attributed)
Draughtsman: Saftleven, Herman (After)

Spring

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saftleven, Herman

Summer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saftleven, Herman

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