Mezzotint technique
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- Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the intaglio family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening a metal plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth, called a "rocker". In printing, the tiny pits in the plate retain the ink when the face of the plate is wiped clean. This technique can achieve a high level of quality and richness in the print, and produce a furniture print which is large and bold enough to be framed and hung effectively in a room.
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Porträt Georg Friedrich Händel
Porträt Georg Friedrich...
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Kurfürst Karl II. von der Pfalz als Erbprinz
Schabkunstblatt Karl II. von...
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Johann Caspar Füßli
Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809)...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA -
Heinrich Graf von Bünau
Johann Jacob Haid fertigte...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA -
Christian Wolff
Johann Jacob Haid schuf die...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA
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