Germany · Printmaking; Metal engraving; Hanseatic heritage
Hamburger Kupferstich — Druckgraphik
The copper engraving and intaglio printing tradition of Hamburg — the Hanseatic port city that was a major center of European copper engraving from the 17th century through to the 19th, producing maps, trade documents, portraits, and commercial imagery for the Atlantic and Baltic trade networks. The Hamburg Kupferstecher reads the correct engraving depth and line quality by a raking-light surface assessment of the copper plate, joining the CRAFT raking-light quality cluster at the engraved metal surface end of the spectrum.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not listed
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