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

Pieter Adriaensz. Raep

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Pothoven, Hendrik (After)
Painter: Pickenoy, Nicolaes Eliasz. (After)

An image of Print

Emperor Charles V

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huys, Frans
Printmaker: Vico, Enea (After)

An image of Print

Jan van Hout

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Printmaker: Swanenburgh, Willem (After)

An image of Print

Petrus Curtenius

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

William Bentinck, Earl of Portland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Dubois, Simon (After)

An image of Print

Jacob van Hoorn

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

David Millius

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Maria Reigersbergen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus

Lucas Ahuijs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Troost, Cornelis (After)

An image of Print

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van (After)
Draughtsman: Quinkhard, Jan Maurits (After)

An image of Print

Hermanus Hermssen

Maker(s)

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

Jan Wagenaar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Buys, Jacobus (After)

An image of Print

Nicolaaas Simon van Winter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Pothoven, Hendrik (After)

An image of Print

Jan Kuiper

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Jacobus Tijken

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Cardinal Jules Mazarin, in a medallion with Mercury, Apollo and Minerva

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huret, Grégoire

An image of Print

Christian Gottlieb Glafey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus

An image of Print

Jacoba van Selstede

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Jean Scipion Vernede

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Pothoven, Hendrik (After)

An image of Print

Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

An image of Print

Jan Calkoen

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Leonardo Bruni (Aretino)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus

An image of Print

Nicolaas Struijck

Maker(s)

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

An image of Print

Adam Czasniki à Casanow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hondius, Willem
Painter: Kouwenburgh, Marten van (After)

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