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

Abraham de Fabert

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daullé, Jean

An image of Print

Mr. Hugo de Groot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van (After)

An image of Print

William V, Prince of Orange, as a child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus (Attributed)
Draughtsman: Pothoven, Hendrik (After)

An image of Print

Abraham Stork

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Storck, Abraham (After)

An image of Print

Pieter Adriaanszoon van der Werf

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Printmaker: Philippe, Pieter (After)

An image of Print

Petrus Burmannus II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Quinkhard, Jan Maurits (After)

An image of Print

Henry de Lorraine, comte de Harcourt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ficquet, Etienne
Printmaker: Masson, Antoine (After)
Painter: Mignard, Nicholas (After)

An image of Print

Jan Hendrik Vorstius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Mertz, Johann Cornelius (After)

An image of Print

Jan Calkoen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Regters, Tibout (After)

An image of Print

Louis-Doni d'Attichy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Megen, Pieter Willem van
Painter: Nanteuil, Robert (After)

An image of Print

Petrus Hofstede

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Bruyninx, Daniel (After)

An image of Print

Johan Huydecoper

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus

An image of Print

Mr. Willem Buijs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Schouman, Aert (After)
Painter: Netscher, Caspar (After)

An image of Print

Maria Elizabeth Josepha

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus

An image of Print

Jacques de Thou

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Chéreau, Jacques

An image of Print

Hermanus Hermssen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Boon, Adriaen (After)

An image of Print

Mr. Lieve Geelvinck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Quinkhard, Jan Maurits (After)

An image of Print

Joannes van Spaan, mid-length, holding a bible in his left hand

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Lacroix, Pierre-Frederik de (After)

An image of Print

Gerard Kallenberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Vollevens, Johannes I (After)
Draughtsman: Schouman, Aert (After)

An image of Print

Jacob Jacobszoon Hinloopen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus

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

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daullé, Jean

An image of Print

Jan Six, in a medallion portrait held by Diana

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Wandelaar, Jan (After)

An image of Print

Johan van der Does

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Visscher, Cornelis de (After)

An image of Print

Johannes Coccejus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Broen, Willem de

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