Portret van Gérard Edelinck
Pierre Dupin
1700 - 1751
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
138; 98
About this artwork
height 138 mm x width 98 mm
Art Historical Context
Welcome to our virtual gallery, where we spotlight *Portret van Gérard Edelinck*, a delicate engraving by Pierre Dupin created sometime between 1700 and1751. This intimate portrait measures just 138 mm in height by 98 mm in width, perfectly sized for a collector's cabinet or personal study. Dupin, a skilled French engraver of the early 18th century, the likeness of Gérard Edelinck a renowned Flemish-born master engraver who elevated printmaking in France during the late Baroque era. Engraving, the medium here, involves incising fine lines into a copper plate with a burin, inking it, and press...