Print style
Baroque Etching
Lines cut and bitten into copper, each plane shaded in its own direction: level courses on walls, verticals in the arches, broken lines on the water. Venice example from the Poster Stamp collection.
Make a stamp in this styleThe print tradition
Lines cut and bitten into copper, each plane shaded in its own direction: level courses on walls, verticals in the arches, broken lines on the water.
- Period
- Europe, 17th century
- Process
- Acid-bitten copper plate
- Marks
- Contours first, line by plane, lights left as paper
- Frame
- Etched title plate drawn with the needle: free hatching, rocaille cartouches, acanthus sprays, scallop shells
The example
When the tide comes into the square. The example starts from a Rainpost scene render of Venice. The browser editor applies a local print treatment to your photo; the historical collection is an artistic interpretation.
