Woodcut

Scope note

A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.

This term has 2,831 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053296

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>

Narrower Terms used

chiaroscuro woodcut
colour woodcuts

Term used for

printing, wood block
printing, woodcut
wood block printing
wood-block printing

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

The young king learning to write

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

An image of Print

Title page to John Case's 'Sphaera Civitatis'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Gabriel Colangelius Aluern. Turon. agens 37 an.)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

The White King learning to fight with the Bohemian shield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard

An image of Print

The White King's skill in armour and with the long pike

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard

An image of Print

The White King's skill in halberd fighting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard

An image of Print

The White King learning the art of fencing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beck, Leonhard

An image of Print

Assault on a town (Venlo)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

An image of Print

The White King conducts a masquerade

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

An image of Print

The young White King on horseback shooting a crossbow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

The Masquerade of Orson and Valentine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Bruegel, Pieter, the elder (After)

Charity

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Jesus Christ and Zacchaeus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald (Attributed)

St Jerome in a cave

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Enoch (Fides)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Untitled: A King Kneeling with a Harp, his Throne Behind him.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sichem, P. van

Stag hunt in the Lörs forest

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ostendorfer, Michael
Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien) (Formerly attributed)

Viola da Gamba player (left) and a maid, seated (right)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Virgin with Child and a Pear

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Conversion of St Paul

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)

Christ on the cross between the Virgin and St John

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Jacob (After)

The Last Judgement, with Zephanja and St Batholomew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holzmüller, Heinrich
Designer: Bockstorffer, Christoffel (Probably)

An image of Valentine card

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

East River, Evening

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ruzicka, Rudolph
Publisher: Weyhe Gallery

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