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

The Annunciation

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bolswert, Schelte Adams
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

St Onuphrius in the Wilderness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cort, Cornelis
Draughtsman: Muziano, Girolamo (After)

Duck Hunt in Winter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips
Publisher: Galle, Philips
Draughtsman: Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano) (After)

The Markets of Trajan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doetecom, Lucas
Printmaker: Doetecom, Joannes I van
Cock, Hieronymus (Possibly after)

An image of Print

Pierre Séguier, duc de Villemor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert
Painter: Le Brun, Charles (After)

Deer Hunt with Dogs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Collaert, Adriaen
Printmaker: Galle, Philips (Formerly attributed)
Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano) (After)

Interior of an Amphitheatre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doetecom, Lucas
Printmaker: Doetecom, Joannes I van
Cock, Hieronymus (Possibly after)

View of the Forum, looking towards the Palatine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doetecom, Lucas
Printmaker: Doetecom, Joannes I van
Cock, Hieronymus (Possibly after)

Deer Hunt with Nets and Rope Snares

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips
Publisher: Galle, Philips
Draughtsman: Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano) (After)

An image of Print

Henri II de Savoye, duc de Nemours

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert

An image of Print

Charles-Paris d’Orléans-Longueville, comte de Saint-Pol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert
Painter: Ferdinand, Pieter (After)

Buffalo Hunt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Collaert, Adriaen
Printmaker: Galle, Philips (Formerly attributed)
Publisher: Galle, Philips
Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano) (After)

Ruins on the Palatine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doetecom, Lucas
Printmaker: Doetecom, Joannes I van
Cock, Hieronymus (Possibly after)

An image of Print

Henri II de Lorraine, Comte de Chaligny, Marquis de Moy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert

An image of Print

Charles-Paris d’Orléans-Longueville, comte de Saint-Pol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert
Painter: Ferdinand, Pieter (After)

Hunting Scene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Galle, Philips (Formerly attributed)
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Bol, Hans (After)

Vaults with bosse blocks

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doetecom, Lucas
Printmaker: Doetecom, Joannes I van
Cock, Hieronymus (Possibly after)

Barrel vault with coffering

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doetecom, Lucas
Printmaker: Doetecom, Joannes I van
Cock, Hieronymus (Possibly after)

Bust of a Young woman in profile to the right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Lievens, Jan (After)

An image of Print

Jacques Callot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Polanzani, Francesco
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

The Beheading of St Paul

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Pourbus, Frans, the elder (After)

John Amos Comenius (Jan Amos Komenský)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Noval, J.
Publisher: Noval, J.

An image of Print

Jean Charles Philibert Trudaine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saint Aubin, Augustin de
Draughtsman: Cochin, Charles Nicolas II (After)

An image of Print

Emperor Rudolf II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rota, Martino

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