Nicolas-Étienne Edelinck

Place: Paris

Born: 1681

Death: 1767

Biography:

Nicolas-Étienne Edelinck was a French engraver, born in Paris in 1681, the eighth son of Gérard Edelinck. He received instruction from his father and studied in Italy, but never rose above mediocrity. He engraved some portraits and a few plates for the Crozat Collection. Among his works are 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, and Vertumnus and Pomona; after J. Ranc. He died in Paris in 1768.