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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

Term used for

engravng

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Didymus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Helias

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

St Margarita

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

The Penitent Thief

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gheyn, Jacob II de (Workshop)
Printmaker: Dolendo, Zacharias (Possibly)
Draughtsman: Mander, Karel I van (After)

Plate One

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Theodor
Galle, Philips (Possibly after)

Ciomus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Paulus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Palemon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

St Agnes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Melpomene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips (Workshop of)
Publisher: Galle, Philips
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Petrus Coelestinus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

Evagrius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Jan I
Draughtsman: Vos, Maarten de (After)

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