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Laid paper

Scope note

Paper that shows thick and thin lines at right angles to each other, which are produced in the manufacturing; distinguished from "wove paper," which has a more even appearance. BATCOB

This term has 4,472 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

300014184

Broader Terms used

<paper by production method>

Narrower Terms used

toned laid paper

Term used for

laid papers
paper, laid

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Figure studies

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Romney, George

An image of Print

Old man with a flowing beard: Bust

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

Two preliminary studies for The Romance of the Rose: above, the kiss of Idleness and her love; below, group of dancing figures, some holding hands

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Coast Scene, with a Tree in the Right Foreground and a Castle on the Cliffs Above

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Perelle, Gabriel (Attributed)

An image of Print

Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lutma, Jan II

Book Plate of the Pomer Family

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald (Possibly)
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (School of)

Landscape with a wooden jetty passing behind a knoll with a large tree, a man fishing below on the bank

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Christ in Limbo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Draughtsman: Francia, Francesco (Francesco Raibolini) (After)

Title Page: The Mocking of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Harrowing of Hell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Credo in Spiritvm Sanctvm: Pentecost

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Collaert, Adriaen
Designer: Vos, Maarten de (After)

The Betrayal of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Title Page

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schiavonetti, Luigi
Draughtsman: Blake, William (After)

The Virgin Leading the Magdalen to Christ.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Draughtsman: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

Venus After Her Bath

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Draughtsman: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)
Printmaker: Dente, Marco (Marco da Ravenna) (Possibly)

The Resurrection

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Figure studies

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Romney, George

The Birth of the Virgin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

Calvary

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Jonah Surveying the City of Nineveh, from Beneath a Gourd Tree

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Designer: Bol, Hans (After)
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus

The Four Avenging Angels

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Spinner and Four Cows

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swanevelt, Herman van

An image of Print

The Omval

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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