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Grisaille

Scope note

Painting of images in monochrome, usually gray tones; employed in paintings, stained glass, enamels, and on pottery and other objects.

This term has 23 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053386

Term used for

grisaille painting

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Panel (stained glass)

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Christ before Caiaphas

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ferrari, Gaudenzio (Attributed to)

Christ before Annias

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ferrari, Gaudenzio (Attributed to)

Fire from a Set of Elements

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown
Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik (After)

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Commode

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Christ mocked before Herod

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ferrari, Gaudenzio (Attributed to)

Pilate's first hearing of Christ

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ferrari, Gaudenzio (Attributed to)

The Flagellation

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ferrari, Gaudenzio (Attributed to)

Head of a man

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Uncertain)

Mourning Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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