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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 Philosopher] Thales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Couvay, Jean
Printmaker: Bosse, Abraham
Draughtsman: Vignon, Claude (After)
Publisher: Mariette, Pierre I

The fortune-teller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wael, Cornelis de
Printmaker: Unknown

Jan Sweelinck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus (Atrributed)
Printmaker: Muller, Jan Harmensz. (After)

Summer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hamers, Melchior (Possibly)
Draughtsman: Wael, Cornelis de (After)

Spring

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hamers, Melchior (Possibly)
Draughtsman: Wael, Cornelis de (After)

The prisoners

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wael, Cornelis de
Printmaker: Wael, Jan Baptist de (Formerly attributed)
Printmaker: Unknown

Les Cerises

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ponce, Nicolas
Painter: Baudouin, Pierre Antoine (After)

The Family

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Ostade, Adriaen van (After)

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