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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

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Narrower Terms used

copper engraving (printmaking process)
roulette

Term used for

engravng

Equivalent Terms used

burin work
copper engraving
line-engraving
line engraving

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Portrait of Isabella, Archduchess of Austria, in the habit of a Poor Clare

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pontius, Paulus
Painter: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Portrait of William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Nason, Pieter (After)

Portrait of Jan Evertsen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jode, Arnold de
Painter: Borsseler, Pieter (After)

King James I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Passe, Simon de
Publisher: Holland, Compton

Anne of Denmark

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Passe, Simon de
Publisher: Sudbury, John
Publisher: Humble, George

Ceres seeking her daughter

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goudt, Hendrik
Painter: Elsheimer, Adam (After)

An image of Print

Landscape with view of a river; castle walls and steps in the distance to the right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Major, Isaak

Jupiter and Mercury in the house of Philemon and Baucis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goudt, Hendrik
Painter: Elsheimer, Adam (After)

[The Philosopher] Thales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Couvay, Jean
Printmaker: Bosse, Abraham
Draughtsman: Vignon, Claude (After)
Publisher: Mariette, Pierre I

The Siege of La Rochelle (border sheet, upper right side)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Latona and the Lycian peasants

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Passe, Magdalena van de
Painter: König, Johann (After)
Painter: Elsheimer, Adam (Formerly after)

Jacob Binck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vries, Simon Wynhoutsz.
Printmaker: Binck, Jacob (After)
Publisher: Hondius, Hendrik I

St John the Baptist meditating, seated in an undergrowth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mellan, Claude

Panel for casket

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Jug

Maker(s)

Maker: Hennell family

Goblet

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

Folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

The "Seventh Plague of Egypt" Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Spoon

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unidentified

An image of Beaker

Beaker

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Engelbert, Albert

An image of Backsword

Backsword

Maker(s)

Unknown (Hilt)

An image of Spoon and fork

Spoon and fork

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Holzalb, Hans Jacob (Possibly)

Autumnus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Amling, Karl Gustav (von)
Designer: Witte, Pieter de (Pietro Candido) (After)

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