{"id":335,"date":"2021-05-11T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2021-05-16T18:24:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:24:12","slug":"impression-and-state","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/impression-and-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Impression and State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An impression is a single copy of a print pulled from a <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/plate-and-platemark\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/plate-and-platemark\">plate<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/woodcut-and-woodblock\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/woodcut-and-woodblock\">woodblock<\/a>. A state is an edition of a print created when an artist adds or subtracts work from the printing surface before producing more impressions. These changes can occur at any point in the plate or block\u2019s printing lives. Minor changes such as damage to the plate, retouching (revisions made to return the plate to its original condition), or reworking (less careful retouching intended to extend a plate\u2019s printing life) are not usually counted as separate states. Impressions can also vary in appearance if the artist applies the ink differently or uses a different kind of paper.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">States are usually numbered with Roman numerals to differentiate, and some exhibit clearly visible alterations, such as Rembrandt van Rijn\u2019s <em>The Angel Appearing the Shepherds. <\/em>The first state of this print, as seen in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/object\/P_F-4-80\" target=\"_blank\">British Museum\u2019s impression<\/a>, is much lighter in tone and appears unfinished, while <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/museumcollections.middlebury.edu\/objects\/218\/the-angel-appearing-to-the-shepherds?ctx=bfd99091c99d2435c5969bd9fea509e26bd6f917&amp;idx=0\" target=\"_blank\">Middlebury\u2019s impression<\/a> of the third state presents a darker, more refined version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by Simone Edgar Holmes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ackley, Clifford S. \u201cGlossary.\u201d In <em>Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt<\/em>, 306-307. Boston:&nbsp;Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Griffiths, Antony. \u201cGlossary of Print Terminology.\u201d In <em>The Print before Photography: An&nbsp;Introduction to European Printmaking, 1550-1820<\/em>, 546-47. London: The British&nbsp;Museum, 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An impression is a single copy of a print pulled from a plate or woodblock. A state is an edition of a print created when an artist adds or subtracts work from the printing surface before producing more impressions. These changes can occur at any point in the plate or block\u2019s printing lives. Minor changes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}