Bibliographies

Karpinski, Caroline. Italian Printmaking Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: An Annotated Bibliography.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1987.
ART NE659.K37 1987

Ludman, Joan, and Lauris Mason. Fine Print References: A Selected Bibliography of Print-Related Literature.
Millwood, NY: Kraus International, 1982.
ART NE850.L82

Biographies

Strutt, Joseph. A Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of All the Engravers....
Geneva: Minkoff, 1972.
NE800.S8 1972

Indexes

Parry, Pamela J., and Kathe Chipman. Print Index.
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1983.
ART REF NE90.P17 1983

Straten, Roelof van. Iconclass Indexes: Italian Prints.
Doornspijk: Davaco, 1987.
ART REF NE659.I26

Straten, Roelof van. Iconclass Indexes: Dutch Prints.
Doornspijk: Davaco, 1993.
ART REF NE659.I26
Use in conjunction with Illustrated Bartsch
below and manuals for the Iconclass system
ART REF Z697.A8W3

About Printmakers and their Prints

Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peinteur graveur.
Reprint ed. Nieuwkoop: de Graaf, 1982.
ART NE90.B2

Bartsch, Adam von. Illustrated Bartsch: Le peintre-graveur illustre.
Ed. by Walter L. Strauss. New York: Abaris, 1979 +
The basic historical resource for prints and printmaking. Contains corrections to the original Bartsch, listed above, as well as new information and volumes of detailed commentary.
ART Folio NE90.B213

Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur....
Supplements Bartsch and provides coverage to the end of the 16th century.
New York: B. Franklin, 1966.
ART NE90.P2

Dutuit, Eugene. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes.
Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink, 1970.
Historical approach. The first part of volume 1 lists books of wood engravings by type, i.e., Ars Moriendi, Bible des pauvres, Speculum humanae salvatonis, etc.
ART NE90.D82

Heinecken, Karl Heinrich von. Dictionnaire des artistes, dont nous avons des estampes, avec une notice detaillee de leurs ouvrages graves.
Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1778, reprint 1970.
Although never completed beyond the letters DIZ, the information that is included is, nevertheless, valuable. Besides engravers, includes painters, sculptors, architects and goldsmiths after whose work engravings were made.
ART NE90.H32

Northern Engravers

Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandsichen und franzosischen Kupfersticks im XV Jahrhundert.
Wien: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1880; reprint 1973.
Basic 15th-century resource for northern European engravers. Indexes artsts and their work iconographically, with a subject index, watermark catalogue, and bibliography at the end.
ART NE1450.L513

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts c. 1450-1700.
Amsterdam: Hertzberger, 1949 +.
Well illustrated. Contains lists of prints engraved after paintings and drawings by well-known artists.
ART NE663.H6

Hollstein, F.W.H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts c. 1400-1700.
Amsterdam: Hertzberger, 1954 +.
Same format as above.
ART NE651.H6

Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le Peintre-graveur francais....
Paris: Gabriel Waree, 1835-1871, reprint 1967.
Chronological arrangement by engraver, beginning in the 17th century with Calude Lorrain. Describes each known engraving by dimensions, state, etc.
ART NE647.R6 1967

Baudicour, Prosper de Le peintre-graveur francais continue.
Paris: F. de Nobele, 1967.
ART NE647.R62

Delteil, Loys Le peintre-graveur illustre.
Paris. 30 vol. with 2 supp.
Catalogues raisonnes of important, primarily French, graphic artists of the 19th-20th centuries. Contains biographical sketches, portraits, and catalogues of known prints, with description and states. Sales and provenance are also given. Each work is illustrated.
ART X Folio NE90.D4

Farwell, Beatrice. French Popular Lithographic Imagery 1815-1870.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981 +.
To be completed in 12 volumes. Drawn from the collection of the Bibliotheque nationales in Paris. Microfiche reproductions in pockets at rear of each volume.
ART NE2349.25.F37 1981

Andresen, Andreas. Der deutsche Peintre-graveur....
Leipzig: Rudolph Weigil, 1864-1878. Reprint 1977.
Covers the years 1560-1800 and includes the monogram used by each engraver.
ART NE150.A6 1969

Italian Engraving

Hind, Arthur Magyar. Early Italian Engraving....
London: Quaritch, 1948.
Reproductions and text. Library owns only part 2, volumes 5-7.

Early Italian Engravings From the National Gallery of Art.
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1973.
A massive catalogue of 15th and 16th century Italain engravings, with critical essays on artists, fully documented entries, and extensive references.
ART NE659.U53

American Engraving

Stauffer, David McNeely. American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
New York: Grolier, 1907.
Biographical sketches of engravers in volume 1. Second volume lists engravers and known engravings for each.
ART X NE400.S798A

Fielding, Mantle. American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
Philadelphia: 1917.
Supplements Stauffer, above.
ART X NE400.F459A

Gage, Thomas Hovey. An Artist's Index to Stauffer's American Engravers.
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1921.
ART NE505.S8G3

Historical Sales Information

Monod, Lucien. Le prix des estampes anciennes et moderns.
Paris: Albert Morance, 1926. Reprint, 1976.