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Mezzotint photography is an intaglio printmaking technique that involves roughening a plate with a rocker to create a pattern of burrs, resulting in a velvety black print. The artwork titled 'The Three Crosses' was created by the artist Rembrandt van Rijn. Values in the print are achieved by varying the smoothing of the burrs on the plate.

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Mezzotint photography is an intaglio printmaking technique that involves roughening a plate with a rocker to create a pattern of burrs, resulting in a velvety black print. The artwork titled 'The Three Crosses' was created by the artist Rembrandt van Rijn. Values in the print are achieved by varying the smoothing of the burrs on the plate.

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Mezzotint Photography

1. Definition- An intaglio printmaking technique in which the printing plate is first


roughened with a special tool called a rocker, which creates a fine pattern of burrs. Inked
and printed at this point, the plate would print a velvety black. Values are created by
smoothing away the burrs in varying degrees (smoothing the plate altogether creates a
nonprinting area, or white).
2. Title- The Three Crosses
3. Artist- Rembrandt van Rijn

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