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 2,850 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

The Six Saints

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, Niccolà (Attributed)
Designer: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

St Christopher seated with the Infant Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

The Flight into Egypt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Ascension of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Ecce Homo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Adoration of the Kings

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Caricature of the Laocöon Group

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, Niccolà (Attributed)
Designer: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

Draughtsman drawing a lute

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Men with lances

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder
Publisher: Bartsch, Adam von

St Luke painting the Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Metz, Conrad Martin
Draughtsman: Lucas van Leyden (After)

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)

St Jerome in his cell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

An image of Print

Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason

Maker(s)

Designer: Hokusai, Katsushika
Publisher: Nishimuraya, Yohachi

Honourable soldiers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Caldwall, James
Draughtsman: Ghezzi, Giuseppe (After)

The Fall of Man

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Nativity

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Christ before Annas

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Ecce Homo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Adoration of the Magi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Betrayal of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Christ before Caiaphas

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Expulsion from Paradise

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mommard, Johann
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

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