Dr Ad Stijnman (PhD University of Amsterdam, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London) is a professional printmaker and an independent scholar of historical printmaking processes, specialising in manual intaglio printmaking techniques. He has lectured and published widely on the subject, including his seminal, award-winning book Engraving and Etching 1400–2000: A History of the Development of Manual Intaglio Printmaking Processes (2012). Together with Elizabeth Savage he co-edited their award winning Printing Colour 1400–1700: History, Techniques, Functions and Receptions (2015). His curatorial activities include exhibitions on medieval prints, early modern colour prints and Rembrandt’s etchings on Japanese paper.