Adam Bartsch

Between 1803 and his death in 1821 Bartsch published in French in 21 volumes Le Peintre Graveur, a pioneering catalogue of old master prints by Dutch, Flemish, German, and Italian painter-engravers from the 15th to the 17th century.

(The original "Le Peintre Graveur" was unillustrated by technological necessity.)

In fact only Bartsch's numbering is retained in full, although his original is often quoted.

It (currently the images only) is available online to colleges and other institutions subscribing to ARTstor- essentially in US & Canada only.

His term peintre-graveur or painter-engraver is also still in use to distinguish original from reproductive printmakers, especially in the period of the old master print (to about 1830).