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EDELINCK, Gérard [1640-1707] after Frans HALS [1580-1666].. Portrait of French Philosopher, Mathematician and Scientist René Descartes [1596-1650].
copper engraving. 283 x 205 mm. (plate). signed in the plate. A good dark impression on laid paper, trimmed to 3 mm. outside plate mark. Edelinck studied with the engravers Gaspar Huybrechts and Cornelis Galle the Younger in his native Antwerp, and with François de Poilly, Robert Nanteuil, and Philippe de Champaigne in Paris. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1675, was appointed by Louis XIV teacher at the academy established at the Gobelins manufactory for the training of workers in tapestry, won admission to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1677, and became principal draftsman for the King. A superb portrait engraver, Edelinck executed prints of many of the most eminent persons of his time.
$750 USD
