Nicolas-Étienne Edelinck (9 April 1681 – 11 May 1767) was a French engraver, was born to a family of engravers in Paris, the eighth son of Gérard Edelinck.[1] Although he had the advantage of his father's instruction, and of studying in Italy, he never rose above mediocrity. He engraved some portraits, and a few plates for the Crozat Collection. He died in Paris in 1768.Among other prints by him are the following:
- Gerard Edelinck; after Tortebat.
- Cardinal Giulio de' Medici; after Raphael.
- Count Baldassare Castiglione; after the same.
- Philip, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, on horseback; after J. Ranc.
- Adrien Baillet.
- John Dryden; after Kneller.
- The Virgin and Infant; after Correggio.
- Vertumnus and Pomona; after J. Ranc.
Notes
References
- Préaud, Maxime (1998), "Edelinck, Gérard", vol. 9, p. 718, in The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9781884446009.
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Edelinck, Nicolas". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links
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