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.
AAT
Technique
300053296
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Unknown artist
(Attributed)
Printmaker:
Weiditz, Hans, the younger
(After)
Printmaker:
Dürer, Albrecht
(Formerly attributed)
Printmaker:
Beham, Hans Sebald
(Possibly)
Printer:
Resch, Wolfgang
Printmaker:
Beham, Hans Sebald
Printmaker:
Dürer, Albrecht
(Style of)
Printmaker:
Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)
Printmaker:
Dürer, Albrecht
(School of)
Printmaker:
Schoen, Erhard
Draughtsman:
Dürer, Albrecht
(Possibly after)
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