To perform wiping roller replacing work readily and in a short period of time.

A wiping device 1 for an intaglio press includes a wiping roller 5 abutting on an engraving plate of a rotatably supported engraving plate body 60 to remove surplus ink on the engraving plate, bearings 10 disposed at both ends of a shaft 5A of the wiping roller 5, and a bearing holding part 40 detachably supporting the bearing 10 of the wiping roller 5 disposed at a machine base side where the bearing holding part 40 has a bearing member with an opening allowing the attachment and detachment of the bearing 10. An inner ring 14A having a spherical circumferential surface is disposed outside the bearing 10, and an outer ring 14B having a spherical circumferential surface is disposed inside the bearing member.