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Printmaking is a collective term for all kinds of art that is made by means of a printing technique. The main 6 printing techniques in art are: - the relief print; in Europe around 1400; example is woodcut - intaglio printing: originated around 1500; example is etching - the planographic print; from about 1800; example the lithograph - the stencil print: from about 1925; example is the screen printing - the photographic: from about 1850; example helio- or photogravure - the computer or digital printing; from about 1960; example the laser print and giclée
The Fountain of Youth (Left part)
Albrecht Glockendon
The Fountain of Youth (Left part) ca. 1536
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 4
Claude Dumolinet
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 4 1692
An Architectural Capriccio with Ruins and an Obelisk
Antonio Fantuzzi
An Architectural Capriccio with Ruins and an Obelisk ca. 1545
Perspective from books on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin
Sebastiano Serlio
Perspective from books on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin 1547
Perspective view of Sir Ashton Lever’s Museum
Sarah Stone
Perspective view of Sir Ashton Lever’s Museum 1785
Theatrum repraesentans Nuptial Canae Galileae, constructum Romae
Andrea Pozzo
Theatrum repraesentans Nuptial Canae Galileae, constructum Romae ca. 1708
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Stage Elevation of the First Scene
Joseph Furrtenbach
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Stage Elevation of the First Scene 1663
Demonstration of the moving stage apparatus, for Tragic, Comic and Satirical plays, and Pulpit in prospective
Francesco Piranesi
Demonstration of the moving stage apparatus, for Tragic, Comic and Satirical plays, and Pulpit in prospective 1783
Sultry Night
Grant Wood
Sultry Night 1939
Newes Itinerarium Italiae
Joseph Furrtenbach
Newes Itinerarium Italiae 1627
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Plan of the scene
Joseph Furrtenbach
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Plan of the scene 1663
Interior elevation of the Olympic Theatre of Andrea Palladio in the City of Vicenza
Interior elevation of the Olympic Theatre of Andrea Palladio in the City of Vicenza ca. 1750
The Cabinet of Curiosities
Johann Georg Haintz
The Cabinet of Curiosities 1666
Relationes curiosae, v. 3. Antiques, curiosities, critical, historical and other collectibles worthy of not
Eberhard Werner Happel
Thomas von Wiering
Relationes curiosae, v. 3. Antiques, curiosities, critical, historical and other collectibles worthy of not 1687
Description of instruments, machines and furnishings collected for surgical use
Mauro Soldo
Description of instruments, machines and furnishings collected for surgical use 1766
Architectura civilis
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura civilis 1628
Architectura civilis et Architectura recreationis
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura civilis et Architectura recreationis 1640
Life of the Virgin
Albrecht Dürer
Life of the Virgin ca. 1503
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. V
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. V 1719
Signa Antiqua E Museo Jacobi De Wilde Veterum Poetarum Carminibus Illustrata Et Per Mariam Filiam Aeri Inscripta
Jacob de Wilde
Signa Antiqua E Museo Jacobi De Wilde Veterum Poetarum Carminibus Illustrata Et Per Mariam Filiam Aeri Inscripta 1700
Musaeum Calceolarianum Veronense
Benedetto Ceruti
Andrea Chiocco
Musaeum Calceolarianum Veronense 1622
Portrait of the Museum by Ferrante Imperato, Dell’Historia Naturale, Naples
Costantino Vitale
Portrait of the Museum by Ferrante Imperato, Dell’Historia Naturale, Naples 1599
Fasciculus rariorum et aspectu dignorum varii generis, s.l.
Basilius Besler
Fasciculus rariorum et aspectu dignorum varii generis, s.l. 1616
Perspective Scene
Donato Bramante
Perspective Scene ca. 1475
All the dissected medicinal and healing works, vol.3
Frederik Ruysch
All the dissected medicinal and healing works, vol.3 1744
Dat tweede Boeck (Van der Perspectiven), Second Book, Folio XXVI
Sebastiano Serlio
Dat tweede Boeck (Van der Perspectiven), Second Book, Folio XXVI 1542
Comic Scene
Daniele Barbaro
Comic Scene 1568
Grand Saloon and Gallery in the Rotunda at the Leverian Museum
William Hone
Grand Saloon and Gallery in the Rotunda at the Leverian Museum 1826
De Theatris Scenis
Andrea Pozzo
De Theatris Scenis ca. 1708
Architectural perspective
Sebastiano Serlio
Architectural perspective ca. 1537
Satiric Scene
Daniele Barbaro
Satiric Scene 2025
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - section and plan of a scene
Joseph Furrtenbach
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - section and plan of a scene 1663
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, Alchemist’s Laboratory
Heinrich Khunrath
Hans Vredman de Vries
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, Alchemist’s Laboratory 1595
Seeds Cabinet
Johann Georg Krünitz
Seeds Cabinet 1806
Annunciation to Mary
Albrecht Dürer
Annunciation to Mary 1503
L’architecture ou Art de bien bastir
Jean Martin
L’architecture ou Art de bien bastir 1547
Museum museorum
Bernardo Michael Valentini
Museum museorum 1704 – 1714
Topographia Paradisi Terrestris
Athanasius Kircher
Topographia Paradisi Terrestris 1675
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 5
Claude Dumolinet
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 5 1692
Architectura recreationis - Scene of the Gardens
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura recreationis - Scene of the Gardens 1640
Richard Greene’s private museum at Lichfield
Stephen Cook
Richard Greene’s private museum at Lichfield 1770
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, section
G.A. Kachalow
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, section 1741
An Architectural Capriccio
Baldassare Lanci
An Architectural Capriccio ca. 1570 – 1571
 Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. IV
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. IV 1719
Vitruvio Pollione De architectura Libri decem
Cesare Cesariano
Vitruvio Pollione De architectura Libri decem 1521
De architectura libri decem quinto libro - I dieci libri dell’architettura di Vitruvio
Daniele Barbaro
De architectura libri decem quinto libro - I dieci libri dell’architettura di Vitruvio ca. 1567
Architectura recreationis, Outline of the Scena della Comedia
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura recreationis, Outline of the Scena della Comedia 1640
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Stage Elevation of the Second Scene
Joseph Furrtenbach
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Stage Elevation of the Second Scene 1663
Perspective Pictorum atque Architectorum, Pars. 1
Andrea Pozzo
Perspective Pictorum atque Architectorum, Pars. 1 ca. 1708
Dat tweede Boeck (Van der Perspectiven)-Spread of Folio XXVI verso and Folio XXVII
Sebastiano Serlio
Dat tweede Boeck (Van der Perspectiven)-Spread of Folio XXVI verso and Folio XXVII 1542
The Chronology of Ancient Nations : The Annunciation to Mary
Al Biruni
The Chronology of Ancient Nations : The Annunciation to Mary 1307
Dell’historia Naturale
Ferrante Imperato
Dell’historia Naturale 1599
The City of Truth or Ethics
Bartholomeo Del Bene

The City of Truth or Ethics 1609
Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women
Nicoló Nelli
Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women 1565
Museum Richterianum continens fossilia animalia vegetabilia mar. ... Acc. de gemmis scalptis antiquis liber singularis
John Ernst Hebenstreit
Museum Richterianum continens fossilia animalia vegetabilia mar. ... Acc. de gemmis scalptis antiquis liber singularis 1743
 View of an imaginary street with the Four Winds (after Hans Vredeman de Vries)
Lucas van Doetecum
View of an imaginary street with the Four Winds (after Hans Vredeman de Vries) ca. 1557 – 1560
Tragic Scene
Anonymous
Tragic Scene ca. 1560
Architectura recreationis - Four scenes
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura recreationis - Four scenes 1640
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 7
Claude Dumolinet
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 7 1692
Perspective from books on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin
Sebastiano Serlio
Perspective from books on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin 1547
Engravings from “The Book of Perspective”
Hans Vredeman de Vries
Engravings from “The Book of Perspective” 1621
Museo Cospiano
Lorenzo Legati
Museo Cospiano 1677
Scena prospettica
Donato Bramante
Scena prospettica ca. 1475
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. II
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. II 1719
Method of linear perspective and rule of thirds, Denshin Kaishu-Hokusai Manga (initiation to the transmission of the essence of things)- 3rd book
Katsushika Hokusai
Method of linear perspective and rule of thirds, Denshin Kaishu-Hokusai Manga (initiation to the transmission of the essence of things)- 3rd book 1815
Naumachia in the Courtyard of Palazzo Pitti
Orazio Scarabelli
Naumachia in the Courtyard of Palazzo Pitti ca. 1592
Tragic Scene
Daniele Barbaro
Tragic Scene ca. 1568
Beginning, origin and tradition of tournaments in the German nation
Georg Rüxner
Beginning, origin and tradition of tournaments in the German nation ca. 1532
The Healing Physician
Mattheus Greuter
The Healing Physician 1620
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. III
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. III 1719
Luther & Hus administer communion
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Luther & Hus administer communion ca. 1500
Della Scena Comica
Sebastiano Serlio
Della Scena Comica 1560
Interior of a Temple with Figures (Incisione Prevedari)

Donato Bramante
Interior of a Temple with Figures (Incisione Prevedari)
 1482
Liber de Simplici medicina
Robinet Testard
Matteaus Plateaurius
Liber de Simplici medicina ca. 1520 – 1530
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St Persburg
G.A. Kachalow
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St Persburg 1741
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. VI
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. VI 1719
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St-Petersburg
G.A. Kachalow
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St-Petersburg ca. 1741
Museum Wormianum, p.383
Ole Worm
Carel van Mander
Museum Wormianum, p.383 1655
Pratica di fabricar scene, e macchine ne’ teatri
Nicola Sabbatini
Pratica di fabricar scene, e macchine ne’ teatri ca. 1637
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 6
Claude Dumolinet
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 6 1692
Musei Tigurini
Johann Jacob Scheuchzer
Musei Tigurini 1698
Eyn schön nützlich büchlin und underweisung der kunst des Messens,…
Hieronymus Rodler
Eyn schön nützlich büchlin und underweisung der kunst des Messens,… ca. 1531
Architectura recreationis - Section of the comic scene
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura recreationis - Section of the comic scene 1640
Modus delineandi exemplar Scenarum
Andrea Pozzo
Modus delineandi exemplar Scenarum ca. 1708
Museographia Neickeliana oder Raritäten Kammern
Kaspar Friedrich Jenquel
Museographia Neickeliana oder Raritäten Kammern 1727
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, p.24
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, p.24 1719
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, p.34
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, p.34 1719
Della Scena Tragica e Satirica
Sebastiano Serlio
Della Scena Tragica e Satirica 1560
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Triumph of Christianity on the Roman Empire
Joseph Furrtenbach
Mannhaffter Kunst-Spiegel - Triumph of Christianity on the Roman Empire 1663
Architectura civilis et Architectura recreationis
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura civilis et Architectura recreationis 1640
Journael oft daghelijcz register van de voyagie na Rio de Plata, Armadillo
Hendrick Ottsen
Journael oft daghelijcz register van de voyagie na Rio de Plata, Armadillo 1617
America Tertia Pars, pl. 71
Théodore de Bry
America Tertia Pars, pl. 71 1592
View of Venice
Bernhard von Breydenbach

View of Venice 1486
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. VII
Vincent Levinus
Romeyn de Hooghe
Elenchus tabular, pinacothecarum, atque non-nullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio, TAB. VII 1719
Architectura von Vestungen (Illustration from the treatise Wunderbarlich Hauss Architectura von Vestungen)
Daniel Speckle
Architectura von Vestungen (Illustration from the treatise Wunderbarlich Hauss Architectura von Vestungen) 1589
Pratica di fabricar scene, e macchine ne’ teatri
Nicola Sabbatini
Pratica di fabricar scene, e macchine ne’ teatri 1637
Museum or gallery of Signore Manfredo Settala
Paolo Maria Terzago
Museum or gallery of Signore Manfredo Settala 1666
Modus erigendi Machinas que constant puliribus ordinibus telariorum
Andrea Pozzo
Modus erigendi Machinas que constant puliribus ordinibus telariorum ca. 1708
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, section 2
G.A. Kachalow
Kunstkamera, Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, section 2 1741
Romani Collegii Musaeum Celeberrimum
Athanasius Kircher
Romani Collegii Musaeum Celeberrimum 1678
The history, customs and geography of the land of Cuccagna
Nicoló Nelli
The history, customs and geography of the land of Cuccagna 1564
Frontispiece of Adam Olearius, Gottorffische Kunst-Kammer
Hieronymus von Hensberg
Frontispiece of Adam Olearius, Gottorffische Kunst-Kammer 1674
Plan of the City of Nineveh according to Diodorus of Sicily and Father Kircher

Augustin Calmet

Plan of the City of Nineveh according to Diodorus of Sicily and Father Kircher
 ca. 1722
Heilige Antonius vor der Stadt
Albrecht Dürer
Heilige Antonius vor der Stadt 1519
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 3
Claude Dumolinet
The Cabinet of Sainte Geneviève Library, TAB. 3 1692
Art cabinet still life
Johann Georg Haintz
Art cabinet still life 1666
Tree Planting Group
Grant Wood
Tree Planting Group 1937
De architectura libri decem - I dieci libri dell’architettura di Vitruvio
Daniele Barbaro
De architectura libri decem - I dieci libri dell’architettura di Vitruvio ca. 1567
Theatrical perspective
Baldassare Lanci
Giovanbattista Cini
Theatrical perspective ca. 1570 – 1571
Leverian Museum, Perspective View of the Grand Saloon
Sarah Stone
Leverian Museum, Perspective View of the Grand Saloon 1785
The Leiden Anatomical Theater
Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg
The Leiden Anatomical Theater 1610
Pratica di fabricar scene, e macchine ne’ teatri
Nicola Sabbatini
Pratica di fabricar scene, e macchine ne’ teatri 1637
Extract from the Second book on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin
Sebastiano Serlio
Extract from the Second book on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin 1547
Architectura civilis et Architectura recreationis
Joseph Furrtenbach
Architectura civilis et Architectura recreationis 1640
Musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni et dissoni
Athanasius Kircher
Musurgia universalis, sive ars magna consoni et dissoni 1650
Perspective from books on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin
Sebastiano Serlio
Perspective from books on architecture by Sébastien Serlio translated by Jean Martin 1547