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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

Double-portrait of Antonio Canale and Antonio Visentini

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Visentini, Antonio
Painter: Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (After)

The Six Saints

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, Niccolà (Attributed)
Designer: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

An image of Print

The Stigmatization of St Francis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barocci, Federico

Triple portrait of Francesco II della Rovere, his wife Livia della Rovere and their baby son Federico Ubaldo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Caricature of the Laocöon Group

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, Niccolà (Attributed)
Designer: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

An image of Print

Cupid and Psyche

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ghisi, Giorgio
Painter: Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi) (After)

The Six Saints

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, Niccolà
Designer: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

Piramide di Caio Cestio vicino alla Porta S. Paolo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista

Arco di Nerone Druso con gl' aquedotti di Caracalla

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista

Abraham kneeling before the angels

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rotari, Pietro Antonio
Painter: Balestra, Antonio (After)

Pentecost

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco
Draughtsman: Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (After)
Publisher: Zatta, Antonio

A Roman temple

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The church of St Anthony in Padua; with an image of the St Anthony holding the Christ child in the sky above the church

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Drawing

Ornamental design: arabesques

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo (?)

An image of Drawing

Woman on a donkey in a rocky landscape; two unfinished figures

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo

An image of Drawing

Two ovals, the one on the left containing a half-length Allegory of Sincerity

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo

An image of Drawing

Study of three insects

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo

An image of Drawing

Two studies: a man seen from behind, his right arm outstretched; a man playing a viol

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)

An image of Drawing

Two grotesque peasants dancing, one with a tambourine, the other with a flûte

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo

An image of Drawing

Two drawn ovals, one with slight traces of a ?head

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)

An image of Drawing

Pea or bean pod

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo

An image of Drawing

Two studies of a right hand and forearm holding a stick

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)
Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo (?)

An image of Drawing

Studies of a seated woman with a spindle, and a cat

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)

An image of Drawing

Two studies of a woman with a basket on her head

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo (?)
Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)

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