Nicolas Edelinck
French engraver (1681–1767)
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Nicolas-Étienne Edelinck (9 April 1681 – 11 May 1767) was a French engraver, was born to a family of engravers in Paris, the eighth son of Gérard Edelinck.[1] Although he had the advantage of his father's instruction, and of studying in Italy, he never rose above mediocrity. He engraved some portraits, and a few plates for the Crozat Collection. He died in Paris in 1768. Among other prints by him are the following:
- Gerard Edelinck; after Tortebat.
- Cardinal Giulio de' Medici; after Raphael.
- Count Baldassare Castiglione; after the same.
- Philip, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, on horseback; after J. Ranc.
- Adrien Baillet.
- John Dryden; after Kneller.
- The Virgin and Infant; after Correggio.
- Vertumnus and Pomona; after J. Ranc.
Biography
Born in Paris on April 9, 1681, he was the eighth son of Gérard Edelinck, who took him on as a pupil, but soon sent him to continue his training in Venice, where he befriended Nicolas Vleughels. Despite this advantage, his talent remained mediocre, and according to Pierre-Jean Mariette, “an unforgivable indolence prevented him from exercising an art for which he had a happy disposition”.
He is Pierre-Philippe Choffard advisor.[2]
He died in Paris on May 11, 1767.
