Goldsmith
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In the European Middle Ages goldsmiths used engraving to decorate and inscribe metalwork. It is thought that they began to print impressions of their designs to record them. From this grew the engraving of copper printing plates to produce artistic images on paper, known as old master prints in Germany in the 1430s. Italy soon followed. Many early engravers came from a goldsmithing background and the new technique largely replaced woodblock printing. The first and greatest period of the engraving was from about 1470 to 1530, with such masters as Martin Schongauer and Albrecht Dürer.
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