Gerard Edelinck

Jean Varin 'Tailleur General des Monnoyes de France'

Gerard Edelinck's portrait of "Jean Varin 'Tailleur General des Monnoyes de France'" is an original line engraving published around 1670. Born into a family of sculptors and medallists, Jean Varin rose to become the most dominant designer of medals and coins in the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. This engraving depicts a portrait of Jean Varin (with long curly hair), turned to the right and facing forward within an oval border. It is printed upon fine hand-made, seventeenth century laid paper and is lettered with the name of the sitter, Tailleur general des Monnoyes de France" and the artists name, "Edelinck Scup. C.P.R." under the portrait. This is a fine, original example of the engraved art created by the French artist, Gerard Edelinck.

Jean Varin Original Engraving by the French artist Gerard Edelinck

Jean Varin 'Tailleur General des Monnoyes de France'

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Gerard Edelinck (Antwerp, 1640 - Paris, 1707)
#	Image	Title & Engraver	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator by Gerard Edelinck after Francois de Troyes.	Original Line Engraving	1698	Caesar D'Estrees was one of France's leading Cardinals
02.-		Jean Varin 'Tailleur General des Monnoyes de France' by Gerard Edelinck	Original Line Engraving	c. 1670	Jean Varin was the most dominant designer of medals and coins in the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
03.-		Nathanael Dilgerus Aetat circiter 75 (Nathanael Dilger at about Age 75) by Gerard Edelinck	Original Line Engraving	1683	Nathanael Dilger was the leading, senior Lutheran Minister for the city of Danzig.	Sold

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Title:	Jean Varin 'Tailleur General des Monnoyes de France'
Artist:	Edelinck, Gerard (Antwerp, 1640 - Paris, 1707)
Date:	c. 1670
Medium:	Original Line Engraving
Note:	Gerard Edelinck: Along with Robert Nanteuil and Antoine Masson, Gerard Edelinck is placed in the select company of the greatest masters of French art from the golden age of the portrait engraving. Born in Antwerp Edelinck first studied engraving techniques there, under Cornelis Galle. In 1665 he came to Paris to conclude his education under Francois de Poilly. In both cases the student quickly surpassed the skills of his masters and within several years the painter, Le Brun, recommended Edelinck to none other than King Louis XIV. Consequently Edelinck was granted the title, 'Engraver to the King' and received prestigious apartments at the Gobelins. In addition he was also the professor of engraving at the Gobelins Academy. Gerard Edelinck became a French citizen in 1675, a Royal Academician in 1677, and, shortly thereafter, received the order of Chevalier of Saint-Michel. As a result of his highly skilled art, Gerard Edelinck amassed a considerable fortune.
	The graphic oeuvre of Gerard Edelinck consists of slightly under 400 engraved plates. Of these the majority are, of course, portrait engravings. His subjects constitute the 'who's who' of later seventeenth century France. He engraved the portraits of such famous artists as Charles Le Brun, Israel Silvestre, Robert Nanteuil, Abraham Bloemaert, Jacques Blanchard, Pintre ordinaire du Roy, and Hyacinthe Rigaud, and of writers, musicians and scientists such as Blaise Pascal, Jean de la Fontaine, Nicolas de Blampignon and Charles Mouton. Edelinck also engraved many prominent members of the clergy and the aristocracy, including fourteen portraits of King Louis. A few include, the portraits of Cardinal Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E., Nathanael Dilgerus, the senior Lutheran Minister for the city of Danzig, Andreas Hameau Sorbon. ae Doctor Pastor Sti Pauli, Nicolaus de Malezieu Dombarum Cancelarius, Jacques III. Roy D'Angleterre, James Francis Edward Stuart, son of James II, of England, Louis Duc de Bourgogne, Mre Charles Colbert Marquis de Croissy, Jacobo Magnae Britanniae, Jacques Benigne Boussuet, and others. This original portrait engraving depicts a portrait of Jean Varin (with long curly hair), turned to the right and facing forward within an oval border. It is printed upon fine hand-made, seventeenth century laid paper and is lettered with the name of the sitter, Tailleur general des Monnoyes de France" and the artists name, "Edelinck Scup. C.P.R." under the portrait.
	Leigh Hunt writes, “Edelinck was one of the greatest masters of pure engraving. He never used etching or dry-point on his plates, and of the four hundred that he produced there is not one that is poor or second-rate. Edelinck's work was epoch making: he revolutionized engraving, abandoning lines that crossed to form squares for lozenge forms. Further, he massed his lines and changed their direction, thus avoiding the monotony that had marked all previous work in France. Edelinck had all the merits of his predecessors and, besides, rendered texture, colour, and light and shade as they never before had been rendered. His strokes were clear and bold, and the results beautifully finished, harmonious and silvery. His proofs were the first to possess the quality called technically by engravers 'colour'.” *
	Jean Varin (Liege, 1607 - Paris, 1672): Born into a family of sculptors and medallists, Jean Varin rose to become the most dominant designer of medals and coins in the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. From 1636 to 1670 Varin held a near monopoly in this form of art. He produced many medals in both bronze and gold commemorating events of the reign of Louis XIV as well as portraits of the Kings, Cardinal Richelieu, Anne of Austria and many other prominent members of the aristocracy. This original Gerard Edelinck engraving depicts a portrait of Jean Varin (with long curly hair), turned to the right and facing forward within an oval border. It is printed upon fine hand-made, seventeenth century laid paper and is lettered with the name of the sitter, Tailleur general des Monnoyes de France" and the artists name, "Edelinck Scup. C.P.R." under the image.
Reference:	* Leigh Hunt, Gerard Edelinck, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281a.htm
Size:	9 5/8 X 8 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted With 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $295.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine hand-made, 17th century laid paper and with margins extending about 1/4 of an inch from the plate-mark on all sides. Lettered with the name of the sitter, Tailleur general des Monnoyes de France" and the artists name, "Edelinck Scup. C.P.R." under the image.Containing slight glue staining in the upper left margin as well as several scuff marks within the image, both on the clothing of Varin and in the dark background, behind his head. Else a richly printed impression bearing all the fine lines of an early printing. Jean Varin represents a prime, original example of the superb engraved art of Gerard Edelinck.
	The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco includes an impression of Jean Varin in its permanent collection and on line Image Base.
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