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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

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brizio, Francesco (Attributed)
Printmaker: Carracci, Agostino (Formerly attributed)
Printmaker: Reni, Guido (Formerly attributed)

St Roch Distributing Alms

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brizio, Francesco (Attributed)
Printmaker: Reni, Guido (Formerly attributed)
Painter: Carracci, Annibale (After)

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brizio, Francesco (Attributed)
Printmaker: Reni, Guido (Formerly attributed)
Printmaker: Carracci, Annibale (Formerly attributed)

Venus reclining on a bed in Vulcan's forge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Po, Pietro del (After)
Printmaker: Carracci, Annibale (Formerly attributed)

Fife player

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lasne, Michel
Draughtsman: Bosse, Abraham (After)
Publisher: Mariette, Pierre I

Manager & Spouter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brocas, Henry
Draughtsman: Rowlandson, Thomas (After)
Draughtsman: Wigstead, Henry (After)
Publisher: Smith, John Raphael

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