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The grammar of painting and engraving (1874)

Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 298

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copper. These shavingsretain the black, and give to the impression the mostdelicate and varied half-tints. Colored by these, theprint under the hand of Rembrandt becomes a sortof picture painted with aquafortis, for he tones downcertain portions of the engraving, lulls the light tosleep, and brings… … QmBwSfitfec; FRYING FISH.AN AQUAFORTIS. BY REMBRANDT. Thus after Rembrandt appeared, aquafortis wastransformed, enriched with resources, to prove to us,by the example of this great master himself, that the 272 ENGRA VING. artifices of the trade, the little secrets, the recipes,are subordinate to…

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