Crispin
| Reference: | S1691 |
| Author | Gérard Edelinck |
| Year: | 1682 |
| Measures: | 367 x 484 mm |
| Reference: | S1691 |
| Author | Gérard Edelinck |
| Year: | 1682 |
| Measures: | 367 x 484 mm |
Description
Etching and engraving, 1682, signed along lower margin “T. Netscher Pinx./ a Parischez I. Audran graveur du Roy au Gobelins/ G. Edelinck Effigiem Sculp. C.P.R.” Across bottom in plate: Le Peintre et l Multiplier l'original. CB e Graveur nous ont dans ce Portrait / Du celebre Crispin donne la ressemblance / Il vit, Il va parler , mais est il aucun trait / Qui just de ses talens nous prindre l'excellence / Puis qu'onnespere point de revoir so Egal; / Pour l'honneur de la Comedie / Que ne peut on ainsy que la Copie / Multiplier l'original.
érard Edelinck after Theodorus Netscher. Fourth final state.
Magnificent example, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed close to platemark, in excellent condition.
The print depicts Raymond Poisson, standing in an outdoor setting, holding his hat in his hand. The first four lines of verse indicate that he is represented in the role of Crispin (the valet from Scarron's L'Écolier de Salamanque).
Raymond Poissin (c.1630- 1690), known on the stage as Crispin Ier, joined a troupe of travelling actors, which was noticed by Louis XIV on their travels, who set the troupe up at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris to perform comic skits. The role of Crispin, the mumbling servant, was his best known role.
Literature
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LeBlanc 292, Robert-Dumesnil 299 IV/IV.
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Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666 and became a naturalized French citizen in 1675.
Edelinck was born in Antwerp, where he received his early training under the engravers Gaspar Huybrechts (1619–1684) and Cornelius Galle the Younger. He went to Paris in 1666, where he worked with his fellow Fleming Nicolas Pitau the elder. To improve himself further he subsequently studied under François de Poilly, Robert Nanteuil, and Philippe de Champaigne. These masters likewise had soon done all they could to help him onwards, and Edelinck ultimately took the first rank among line engravers. His excellence was generally acknowledged; and having become known to Louis XIV he was appointed, on the recommendation of Le Brun, teacher at the academy established at the Gobelins manufactory for the training of workers in tapestry.
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Literature
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LeBlanc 292, Robert-Dumesnil 299 IV/IV.
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Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666 and became a naturalized French citizen in 1675.
Edelinck was born in Antwerp, where he received his early training under the engravers Gaspar Huybrechts (1619–1684) and Cornelius Galle the Younger. He went to Paris in 1666, where he worked with his fellow Fleming Nicolas Pitau the elder. To improve himself further he subsequently studied under François de Poilly, Robert Nanteuil, and Philippe de Champaigne. These masters likewise had soon done all they could to help him onwards, and Edelinck ultimately took the first rank among line engravers. His excellence was generally acknowledged; and having become known to Louis XIV he was appointed, on the recommendation of Le Brun, teacher at the academy established at the Gobelins manufactory for the training of workers in tapestry.
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