Compare these prints by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt. What distinguishes Rembrandt’s print as an etching?

a)  the looser line quality
b)  the use of hatching and cross-hatching
c)  the greater range of tonal gradations
d)  the bolder line quality


a)  the looser line quality

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