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 Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Flagellation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

An image of Print

St George

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

Christ taking leave of his Mother

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schäufelein, Hans Leonhard

Saint Judas Thaddeus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)

The Three Good Pagans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

The Ambassadors of Emmanuel, King of Portugal, demanding the Hand of Eleanor, eldest daughter of Philip I of Castile

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Springinklee, Hans

Albrecht Dürer in Half -Length

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schoen, Erhard
Draughtsman: Dürer, Albrecht (Possibly after)

Ecce Homo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schäufelein, Hans Leonhard

St George on Horseback Slaying the Dragon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cranach, Lucas, the elder

St John Devouring the Book

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Albrecht Dürer in Half -Length

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schoen, Erhard
Draughtsman: Dürer, Albrecht (Possibly after)

Double portrait of Heinrich Fullmaurer and Albrecht Meyer.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Specklin, Viet
Draughtsman: Fullmaurer, Heinrich (After)

The Betrothal of Maximillian with Mary of Burgundy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Whore of Babylon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The First Tournament

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cranach, Lucas, the elder

St Anne and the Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cranach, Lucas, the elder

Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)

The Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schäufelein, Hans Leonhard (Possibly)
Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien) (Possibly)
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (School of)

Venus and Cupid

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cranach, Lucas, the elder

Title page, with the monogram Jesu and a circle containing Hebrew, Greek and Latin inscriptions, surrounded by landscapes and figures of saints

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Maximilian on his Throne giving Directions to a Painter and a Group of Historians

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Springinklee, Hans

Arms of Frederic III, Comte Palatin du Rhin Due Bavière et de Simmern 1515-1576.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (Possibly)

Saint Paul

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)

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