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:
Martini, Pietro Antonio
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Bolswert, Boëtius Adams
Painter:
Bloemaert, Abraham
(After)
Printmaker:
Smith, George (of Chichester)
Printmaker:
Smith, John (of Chichester)
Publisher:
Boydell, John
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Wouwerman, Philips
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Lépicié, Elisabeth Marlié
Publisher:
Surugue, Louis
Painter:
Hallé, Noël
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Draughtsman:
Descamps, Jean Baptiste
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Martini, Pietro Antonio
(Possibly)
Painter:
Dujardin, Karel
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Dunker, Balthasar Anton
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Brueghel, Jan, the elder
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter:
Delfos, Abraham
(After)
Printmaker:
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Draughtsman:
Howard, Hugh
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Teniers, David II
(After)
Publisher:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Printmaker:
Gillot, Claude
Draughtsman:
Gillot, Claude
(After)
Printmaker:
Martini, Pietro Antonio
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter:
Ruisdael, Jacob van
(After)
Printmaker:
Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Draughtsman:
Descamps, Jean Baptiste
(After)
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