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

Henry de Lorraine, duc de Bar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leu, Thomas de

The Griffin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Schongauer, Martin (After)

An image of Print

Pierre Palliot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Drevet, Pierre
Painter: Revel, Gabriel (After)

An image of Print

Antoine de Murat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leu, Thomas de

Cavalry Engagement

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huchtenburgh, Jan van
Draughtsman: Meulen, Adam Frans van der (After)

An image of Print

Bernhard Verzascha

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aubry, Pierre
Painter: Werenfels, Rudolph (After)

Venus and Eros

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Muller, Jan Harmensz.

Saint Mathew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik

Catherine, Countess of Chesterfield

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

A Witch Beating the Devil

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Binck, Jacob

Landscape

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huchtenburgh, Jan van
Draughtsman: Meulen, Adam Frans van der (After)

Envy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Wounded Horses of a Battle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huchtenburgh, Jan van
Draughtsman: Meulen, Adam Frans van der (After)

Landscape

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huchtenburgh, Jan van
Draughtsman: Meulen, Adam Frans van der (After)

Wounded Horses of a Battle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huchtenburgh, Jan van
Draughtsman: Meulen, Adam Frans van der (After)

Reclining male figure with a cornucopia and a swan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Saint James Major

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik

An image of Print

Jean Racine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard

Portrait of Sir Philip Sydney

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Oliver, Isaac I (After)

An image of Print

Charles de Gonzague, duc de Nevers, bust, turned towards the left

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leu, Thomas de

An image of Print

Francis Junius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Burghers, Michael
Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus (After)
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

Portrait of Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leu, Thomas de

Landscape

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huchtenburgh, Jan van
Draughtsman: Meulen, Adam Frans van der (After)

Strawberry Hill, Middlesex

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Storer, James
Publisher: Sherwood & Co.

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