Gérard Edelinck
Gérard Edelinck belongs among the leading reproductive engravers of the French late Baroque, translating painted portraits into meticulous prints worked with etching and engraving. His plates render the likeness and dress of sitters with fine, disciplined linearity rather than original invention. The present selection comprises two such sheets, both dated 1707, portraying Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; these are impressions up to that year, which may include later printings.
2 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
