Copper, Steel, and Ink: The Art of Engraving in the Renaissance

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Developed around 1460, engraving transformed the way images circulated across Europe. Using little more than a steel burin, a copperplate, ink, paper, and a press, early printmakers created works of extraordinary precision, beauty, and expressive power. Join Emily J. Peters, curator of prints and drawings, as she explores how the first engravers mastered this demanding medium, producing some of the most refined images of the Renaissance while advancing a new technology that enabled pictures to be reproduced, shared, and collected on an unprecedented scale.