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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

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

L'Odorat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lébédeff, Jean
Publisher: Lumière

The wives of Weinsberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unger, Johann Friedrich Gottlieb
Draughtsman: Rode, Bernhard (After)
Draughtsman: Rosenberg, Johann Georg (Possibly after)
Draughtsman: Rosenberg, Johann Carl Wilhelm (Possibly after)

Law

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

Libyca

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

Erythraea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

Cumaea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

Samia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

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