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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

Portrait of an unknown man

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vorsterman, Lucas II
Draughtsman: Teniers, David II (After)
Painter: Vecellio, Tiziano (Formerly attributed)

Carolus Celanus..

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Clouwet, Albert
Painter: Giordano, Luca (After)

Title-page

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Publisher: Overton, John
Draughtsman: Leonardo da Vinci (After)

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