Skip to main content

Subjects (SH) Terminology Resource (Getty Research Institute)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Metalcuts  

Definition

  • Relief prints produced by cutting a metal plate rather than a wooden block; copper, brass or lead plates were engraved in relief with a burin or punch; mainly 15th c.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • ENGRAVING, METALCUTS
  • METAL CUTS

Notation

  • 117585

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-DHH5LKFM-2

Download this concept: