Gérard Edelinck
Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate
Life
Edelinck was born in
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His excellence was generally acknowledged; and having become known to
Work
The work of this great engraver constitutes an epoch in the art. His prints number more than four hundred. Edelinck stands above and apart from his predecessors and contemporaries in that he excelled, not in some one respect, but in all respects, that while one engraver attained excellence in correct form, and another in rendering light and shade, and others in giving color to their prints and the texture of surfaces, he, as supreme master of the burin, possessed and displayed all these separate qualities, in so complete a harmony that the eye is not attracted by any one of them in particular, but rests in the satisfying whole.[2]
Edelinck was especially good as an engraver of
Works
Among his most famous works are:
- Holy Family, after Raphael
- Penitent Magdalene, after Charles le Brun
- Alexander at the Tent of Darius, after Le Brun
- Combat of Four Knights, after Leonardo da Vinci
- Christ surrounded with Angels, after Le Brun
- St. Louis praying, after Le Brun
- St Charles Borromeo before a crucifix, after Le Brun[2]
Notes
References
- Gründ, publisher (2006). Benezit: Dictionary of Artists. Paris: Gründ. ISBN 9782700030709.
- 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: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Edelinck, Gerard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 923.
External links
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