DETAILS
- Artist
- Gérard Edelinck
- Date
- 1683
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 30.1 × 21.8 cm (11 7/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Culture
- France
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
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THE ARTIST
Gérard Edelinck
Gérard Edelinck, a master copper-plate engraver, captured the likenesses of 17th-century French society, from kings to fellow artists.
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