Antique Print – ABRAHAM DU QUESNE-FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER-EDELINCK after unknown artist – 17th c.

Abraham du Quesne

Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20 x 25,6 cm. (7,9 x 10,1 inch). Image size: 18,7 x 24,3 cm. (7,4 x 9,6 inch).

Perrault’s ‘Les Hommes illustres (…)’ (Paris, Dezallier, 1696-1700)

Made by Gerard Edelinck after an anonymous artist. Gerard Edelinck / Edelink (1640-1707) was a Flemish engraver from Antwerp. He mostly worked in Paris, where he built a great reputation. He was a student of Jasper Huberti and Cornelis Galle in Antwerp and worked with Poilly and Nanteuil in Paris. He became engraver to the King and later a member of the Academy in 1677.

Condition: Good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ABRAHAM DU QUESNE-FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER

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