Ortensia Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin
Gerard Valck
1678
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
34.5 × 25.2 cm (13 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109075
About the Artist
Gerard Valck · 1652–1726
Gerard Valck (1652–1726) was a Dutch engraver, publisher, and cartographer whose career bridged the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age and the 18th-century Enlightenment. Born on September 30, 1652, in Amsterdam to a silversmith father, and dying on October 21, 1726, Valck played a crucial role in introducing and developing mezzotint printmaking in England while also establishing a significant publishi...