Antique Print – PHILIPPE QUINAULT-DRAMATIST-LIBRETTIST-PARIS-EDELINCK after unknown artist – 1696

Philippe Quinault auditeur des comptes de l’Académie françoise

Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 25,3 x 33,2 cm. (10 x 13,1 inch). Image size: 19 x 25,3 cm. (7,5 x 10 inch).

From: ‘Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siècle’, published in 1696-1700. Ref: Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siècle’, published in 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. Slight creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: PHILIPPE QUINAULT-DRAMATIST-LIBRETTIST-PARIS

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