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Painting (image-making)

Scope note

Use for the art and practice of applying pigments to a surface to create an expressive or communicative image. For the application of paint primarily to protect a surface, use "painting (coating)."

This term has 1,564 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300054216

Equivalent Terms used

painted (images)

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Painter: Gower, George (Follower of)

Insects

Maker(s)

Painter: Kessel, Jan van I

The Fowl Market

Maker(s)

Painter: Snyders, Frans (Copy after)

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