Etching
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Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other ch
The Soldier and his Wife. Etching by Daniel Hopfer, who is believed to have been the first to apply the technique to printmaking.
The etched carnelian beads in this necklace from the Royal Cemetery of Ur dating to the First Dynasty of Ur (2600-2500 BCE) were probably imported from the Indus Valley.
Self-portrait etched by Wenceslaus Hollar
Selection of early etched printing plates from the British Museum
Jacques Bellange
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Jacques Bellange was an artist and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine whose etchings and some drawings are his only securely identified works today. They are among the most striking Northern Manner
Etching, Three Holy Women, signed Bellangelus. Eques /In. fe.
Bellange's Pietá, something of a test-piece for appreciation of his style.
The Adoration of the Magi, at 596 x 429 mm, is Bellange's largest print.
Hurdy-gurdy Player Attacking a Pilgrim, one of only two prints of a genre scene.