Mezzotint

Scope note

Intaglio process in which the surface of the plate is methodically roughened with a rocker to produce a dark background; areas may then be lightened using various scrapers. Produces a printed image having a continuous tonal range. PRTT

This term has 4,633 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Material

Getty AAT term number

300053233

Broader Terms used

<engraving (printmaking process)>

Term used for

black manner
engraving, mezzotint
manière anglaise
manière noire
manner, black
mezzotint engraving

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Isaac Beckett

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Beckett, William (17thC)

An image of Print

Godfried Schalcken

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Schalcken, Godfried (After)

Sir Tretswell Hollis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)
Publisher: Browne, Alexander

A seated woman sewing, with two children

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Publisher: Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter: Vaillant, Wallerant (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Gill, the younger

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Murray, Thomas (After)

An image of Print

The Lady Essex Finch

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)
Publisher: Browne, Alexander

An image of Print

Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bechet (Attributed)
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

An image of Print

Head of a black man

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant

An image of Print

St Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thomas, Jan
Painter: Figino, Ambrogio Giovanni (After)

Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Allard, Carel
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Erasmus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Holbein, Hans, the elder (After)

An image of Print

James II, King of England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Browne, Alexander
Painter: Largillière, Nicolas de (After)

An image of Print

Thomas Cartwright

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beckett, Isaac
Painter: Soest, Gerard (After)

An image of Print

Sir John Lowther

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)
Publisher: Browne, Alexander

An image of Print

Margaret Hughes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

Mary of Modena with the Prince of Wales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lens, Bernard II
Draughtsman: Lens, Bernard II (After)

An image of Print

Sultan Suleiman II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter: Vaillant, Wallerant (After)

An image of Print

Charles I, King of England with Henrietta Maria and their two eldest children Charles (later Charles II) and Mary (later Princess of Orange)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Dyck, Anthony van (After)

An image of Print

Prince Rupert, Count Palatine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Tompson, Richard (publisher)
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

Lady Essex Finch

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaart, Jan van der
Publisher: Tompson, Richard (publisher)
Painter: Lely, Peter (After)

An image of Print

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lloyd, John (C17th)
Publisher: Cooper, Edward

An image of Print

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby when Earl of Mulgrave

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John
Publisher: Smith, John
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

An image of Print

Naked child trying to catch a bird

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter: Lairesse, Gerard de (After)

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