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 20,804 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

William Camden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

François de Vendôme, Duc de Beaufort

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aubry, Pierre

An image of Print

Philips van Hohenlohe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Picart, Bernard (Attributed)

An image of Print

Richard Baxter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

An image of Print

Cornelis de Bruyn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Valck, Gerard
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Janus Juell, baron of Juling

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Valck, Gerard
Painter: Vaillant, Bernard (After)

An image of Print

Henri IV, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Medallion portrait of a lady wearing large, circular ruff open at the front

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Christina, Queen of Sweden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pontius, Paulus
Painter: Hulle, Anselmus van (After)

An image of Print

Reinhold Curicke

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham

An image of Print

Samuel Pepys

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Jacobus van Vos

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Johan

An image of Print

Daniel Heinsius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter: Merck, Jacob Fransz. van der (After)
Publisher: Banheyning, Cornelis

Thomas Hobbes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Faithorne, William (After)

An image of Print

Francis Borgia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Hieronymus

An image of Print

Gysbert Voetius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schurman, Anna Maria van

An image of Print

Rudolph Hegger

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter: Vos, Jan de (After)
Publisher: Banheyning, Cornelis

An image of Print

Petrus Valkenier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wenne, Abraham Meindersz van der
Draughtsman: Merian, Matthäus I (After)

An image of Print

Gabriel-Nicolas de la Reynie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schuppen, Pierre Louis van
Painter: Mignard, Pierre II (After)

An image of Print

Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)
Printmaker: Soutman, Pieter Claesz.
Publisher: Soutman, Pieter Claesz.

An image of Print

Georgius Christophorus Haslang

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Publisher: Hoeye, Rombout van den

An image of Print

Charles Edward Stuart, the "Young Pretender" (Bonnie Prince Charlie)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

James Francis Edward Stuart "The Old Pretender"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Charles de Lorraine, IV duc de Guise

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

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