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Antoinette Larcher
Antoinette Larcher (born 1685, Paris -unknown) was a French Engraving, engraver. Works Larcher was a pupil of Poilly, and based many of her engravings on artists such as Raphael and Il Garofalo. Larcher signed her works as "Toinette Larcher". Larcher's engraving titled "Book of Judith, Judith standing with her foot on the head of Holofernes" was finished about 1729 and is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She signed works for the "Cabinet Pierre Crozat, Crozat". References {{DEFAULTSORT:Larcher, Antoinette 1685 births Year of death unknown Engravers from Paris 18th-century French women artists 18th-century French engravers French women engravers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass are engraved, or may provide an Intaglio (printmaking), intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking. Wood engravings, a form of relief printing and stone engravings, such as petroglyphs, are not covered in this article. Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper in artistic printmaking, in mapmaking, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. It has long been replaced by various photographic processes in its commercial applications and, partly because of the difficulty of learning the techni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
