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:
Cort, Cornelis
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Huquier, Gabriel
Draughtsman:
Boucher, François
(After)
Printmaker:
Frey, Jacob
Painter:
Cignani, Carlo
(After)
Printmaker:
Audran, Jean
Draughtsman:
Gillot, Claude
(After)
Publisher:
Audran, Jean
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Huquier, Gabriel
Draughtsman:
Gillot, Claude
(After)
Publisher:
Chéreau, la Veuve
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Claude Lorrain
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Lancret, Nicolas
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Austin, William
Publisher:
Austin, William
Painter:
Zuccarelli, Francesco
(After)
Printmaker:
Cort, Cornelis
Publisher:
Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman:
Heemskerck, Maerten van
(After)
Printmaker:
Masquelier, Louis Joseph
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Ruisdael, Jacob van
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Huquier, Gabriel
Draughtsman:
Gillot, Claude
(After)
Publisher:
Chéreau, la Veuve
Printmaker:
Joullain, François
Draughtsman:
Gillot, Claude
(After)
Publisher:
Joullain, François
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Ferri, Ciro
(Formerly attributed)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Draughtsman:
Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Brueghel, Jan, the elder
(After)
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