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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

Term used for

engravng

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Marie de' Medici

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Firens, Pierre I

Jacobus Roelans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pontius, Paulus
Painter: Willeboirts, Thomas (After)

Michael Schmidt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Stech, Andrzej (After)

Andreas Rivetus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Painter: Dubordieu, Pieter (After)

Thomas Goodwin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert

Lucas van Leyden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Odieuvre, Michel
Painter: Lucas van Leyden (After)

Philip Powel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Honoré d'Urfé

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Bonser, Jean (After)

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