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

Title-page to (and containing a portrait of) John Davies, 'The writing schoolemaster : or, The anatomie of faire writing' (London, Michael Sparke, 1631)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Jacob Gaillardus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Zylvelt, Anthony van

An image of Print

Hendrick de Keyser

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Draughtsman: Keyser, Thomas de (After)

An image of Print

Louise de Prie, Marechal de la Mothe-Houdancourt, duchesse de Cardonne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Poilly, François I de

An image of Print

Diedrick Snijder

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sichem, Christoffel I van

An image of Print

Peter Scriverius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Velde, Jan II van de
Painter: Hals, Frans (After)

Sophie Louise Willielmine de La Font

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tardieu, Jacques Nicolas
Painter: Delapierre, Nicolas Benjamin (After)

An image of Print

John Tillotson, when Dean of Canterbury

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Willem Vink

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tanjé, Pieter
Painter: Backhuyzen, Gerrit (After)

Etienne Baluze

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thomassin, Simon
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

An image of Print

Andreas, archduke of Austria

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Johan

An image of Print

Ismael Bouillaud

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schuppen, Pierre Louis van
Painter: Schuppen, Jacques van (After)

An image of Print

André du Laurens ((Andreas Laurentius)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Print

Anne of Austria, Queen of Louis XIII

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Firens, Pierre I

An image of Print

Catherine of Braganza

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sherwin, William

An image of Print

Elizabeth of Bohemia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Eillarts, Joannes (Attributed)

An image of Print

René Antoine Houasse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Trouvain, Antoine
Painter: Tortebat, Jean (After)

An image of Print

Abel Serwin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nolpe, Pieter

An image of Print

Charles Antoine Coypel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tardieu, Nicolas Henri
Painter: Coypel, Charles Antoine (After)

An image of Print

Odet de Coligny

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rabel, Jean

Maria Louise of Tour et Tassis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vermeulen, Cornelis
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

An image of Print

Pierre (Pieter) Tanje

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tanjé, Pieter
Painter: Quinkhard, Jan Maurits (After)

An image of Print

Everard Mercurian

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Hieronymus

An image of Print

Franciscus de Mendoza

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sichem, Karel van

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