Engraving

Scope note

Printing process that produces images in line and with little tonal quality; the plate, usually of copper, is incised using a burin, the slight burr produced is scraped away, and the plate is inked for intaglio printing. OCA

This term has 20,801 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Reproduction type
Inscription type
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053231

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

copper engraving (printmaking process)
roulette

Term used for

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Catherine-Henriette de Balzac Dentraigues, Marquise de Verneuil

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Hieronymus

An image of Print

Joachim Heller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Emperor Joseph I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thurneysen, Johann Jakob I
Printmaker: Thurneysen, Johann Jakob II
Draughtsman: Fischer, Isaac (After)

An image of Print

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Johan

An image of Print

Martin Luther

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ulrich, Heinrich
Painter: Cranach, Lucas, the elder (After)

Spring

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saenredam, Jan (Attributed)
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik

An image of Print

Jane Seymour

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vermeulen, Cornelis
Painter: Werff, Adriaen van der (After)

Anna of Cleves, daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Child and skull, allegory of transience

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik (After)

An image of Print

Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Anton II

Christ on the Cross in an allegorical setting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Matham, Jacob
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik (After)

An image of Print

Georg Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ulrich, Heinrich

An image of Print

Sir George Treby

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Draughtsman: White, Robert (After)

An image of Print

Richard Atkins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sherwin, William

The Holy Family, with the Infant Christ reaching out towards a small bird sitting on St Joseph's finger

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Vouet, Simon (After)

An image of Print

Madam Elinora Gwynne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Valck, Gerard
Painter: Cooper, Samuel (After)

An image of Print

Henri IV, King of France, with scene below of the attempted assassination by Pierre Chastell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

St Stanislaus Kostka kneeling before a vision of the Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Maratti, Carlo (After)

An image of Print

Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Johan

Philip Louis Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Gabriel Schlusselberger

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strauch, Lorenz (Possibly)

An image of Print

Louis (II) de Bourbon, prince de Condé

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saint Aubin, Augustin de

The wise virgins received by the bridegroom

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Passe, Crispijn I de
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Liberalitas

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Passe, Crispijn I de

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