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.
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300053231
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronety
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronety
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronety
(After)
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronety
(After)
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Gucht, Michiel van der
Painter:
Dahl, Michael I
(After)
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Thomassin, Henri Simon
Painter:
Coypel, Charles Antoine
(After)
Printmaker:
Sherwin, John Keyse
Publisher:
Sherwin, John Keyse
Painter:
Gainsborough, Thomas
(After)
Publisher:
Wilkinson, Robert
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Kneller, Godfrey, baronety
(After)
Printmaker:
Schmutzer, Jakob Matthias
Painter:
Fanti, Vincenzo Antonio Giuseppe
(After)
Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Edelinck, Gérard
Painter:
Troy, François de
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Printmaker:
Drevet, Pierre-Imbert
Painter:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(After)
Printmaker:
Corsi, Marcantonio
Painter:
Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico
(After)
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