Jean Morin
Jean Morin belongs to the generation of seventeenth-century French printmakers who carried the etched portrait to a high degree of refinement, combining precise linework with a restrained, descriptive manner suited to likenesses of clergy, nobility and burghers. His subjects are drawn from the circles of the court, the church and the art world of his day, among them Cardinal Bentivoglio, Philippe II of Spain and sitters connected with Anthony van Dyck. The eight sheets in this collection are almost entirely etchings, with isolated examples in a first or second state and one plate finished with engraving, so the group documents both his preferred medium and the working stages of individual plates.
8 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
