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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

Jesus Christ nailed to the cross

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Callot, Jacques (After)

August

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques
Publisher: Collaert, Adriaen
Draughtsman: Momper, Joos de, the younger (After)

Ecce Homo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques

March

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques
Publisher: Collaert, Jan II
Draughtsman: Momper, Joos de, the younger (After)

Mass of St Gregory

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques
Draughtsman: Muziano, Girolamo (After)

The possessed woman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques
Painter: Boscoli, Andrea (After)

The entombment

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Callot, Jacques
Draughtsman: Salimbeni, Ventura (After)

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