Gerard Edelinck & Francois de Troyes

Gerard Edelinck and Francois de Troyes - Caesar D' Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis

Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator (Cardinal Cesar d'Estrees)

Gerard Edelinck's original portrait engraving of "Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator" is based upon a painting by Francois de Troyes (Francois de Troy). Cesar d'Estrees was one of France's leading Cardinals. This portrait engraving depicts the Cardinal in an oval border with arms beneath and is printed upon fine hand-made, laid paper as published in 1698. It is lettered with the name of the sitter,"Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator / Offerebat Humillimus Servis / Christophorus Becquereau", and includes the production details, " de Troyes Pinxit / Edelinck Sculp. C.P.R. 1698 ". It also bears two collector's marks on the verso. One contains the date of 1830 and the signature, "Soliman". Cesar d'Estrees (1628-1714), was a Catholic Viscount and diplomat. He became the Bishop of Laon in 1671, and was elevated to Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church in 1672. The date (1698) that appears on this original engraving is also the same year Caesar D'Estrees was appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Albano. This is a fine, original example of the engraved portrait art created by the French artist, Gerard Edelinck.

Original Engraving by the French artist, Gerard Edelinck designed by Francois de Troyes.

Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator

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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:	Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator
Engraver:	Edelinck, Gerard (Antwerp, 1640 - Paris, 1707)
Designer:	De Troyes, Francois 'Francois de Troy' (1645-1730)
Date:	1698
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 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 Church and the aristocracy, including fourteen portraits of King Louis. Gerard Edelinck engraved varios portraits after Francois de Troyes; they include, the portrait of Nicolaus de Malezieu Dombarum Cancelarius, James Francis Edward Stuart, son of James II, of England, Jacobo Magnae Britanniae, and others. This original portrait engraving after de Francois Troyes depicts a portriat of Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator (Cesar D'Estrees, Cardinal Bishop of Albano of the Royal Order of Commendator). It is lettered with the name of the sitter,"Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator / Offerebat Humillimus Servis / Christophorus Becquereau", and includes the production details, " de Troyes Pinxit / Edelinck Sculp. C.P.R. 1698 " . It also bears two collector's marks on the verso. One contains the date of 1830 and the signature, "Soliman". The Louvre, Paris includes an impression of this original engraving in its permanent collection, Inventory # 27594 LR/Recto - Anciens numeros d'inventaire: 11562.
	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'." *
	These words clearly ring true upon examination of Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus ... . In this large and most impressive engraving of one of France's leading Cardinals one finds many striking elements of both 'silvery' tones and of 'colour'.
	Caesar D'Estrees (Cesar d'Estrees): Born in Paris, France in 1628, Cesar D'Estrees was the son of Francois Annibal I, I. duke of Estrees and Marie de Berthune. A Catholic Viscount and diplomat, Caesar D'Estrees became the Bishop of Laon in 1671,and was elevated to Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church in 1672. He was appointed Cardinal Archbishop of Albano in 1698. Caesar D'Estrees was to become one of France's leading Cardinals and a commander in the Order of the Holy Spirit and pair de France. Cardinal Cesar D'Estrees died at the age of eighty six in the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres in 1714. This original Gerard Edelinck engraving was created in 1698 based upon a painting by Francois de Troyes painted in 1658. It depicts a portrait of "Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator wearing clereical dress with white collar in an oval border with arms beneath. The date (1698) that appears on this original engraving is also the same year Caesar D'Estrees was appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Albano.
	Francois de Troyes 'Francois de Troy': The "Catalogue des Estampes Dessins et Cartes Composant Le Cabinet des Estampes de la Bibliotheque de L'Arsenal" par Gaston Schefer, Paris Aux Bureaux de L'Artiste, 44 Quai des Orfevres, 44, 189, page 394. includes a listing (#57) for this original engraving listing the painter as Francois de Troyes. The British Museum includes various portrait engravings after the French painter, 'de Troyes', 'Fr. de Troy', and 'de Troye', all listed as 'Francois de Troy'. The museum also includes an engraved portrait after de Troy by Pierre Drevet of the painter, Francois de Troy leaning on a window sill with paint brushes and a palette. Museum Number, 1868.0822.959. There are listings in various art catalogues for the portrait painter, Francois de Troy, senior (1645-1730), painter to King James II and Director of the Academie Royale de peinture et de sculpture and for his son, Francois de Troy junior (Paris, 1679 - Rome, 1752), a French Rococo painter, appointed director of the French Academy in Rome in 1738. This original Edelinck engraving, created in 1698 is based upon a painting by Francois de Troy, senior painted in 1658.
Reference:	* Leigh Hunt, Gerard Edelinck, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281a.htm
	G. C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, London, Bell & Sons, 1930, Vol. 2, pp. 118 & 119.
Size:	17 3/4 X 15 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine hand-made, laid paper and with margins trimmed to the plate-mark, as usual. Lettered with the name of the sitter,"Caesar D'Estrees S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopus Albanensis Regiorum Ordinum Commendator / Offerebat Humillimus Servis / Christophorus Becquereau", and includes the production details, " de Troyes Pinxit / Edelinck Sculp. C.P.R. 1698 ". Containing several tears, both along the margins and within the engraved frame and image. All have been restored and reinforced with archival tape. As well, some staining exists along the margins to the right. Also bearing two collector's marks on the verso. One contains the date of 1830 and the signature, "Soliman". Apart from the necessary restoration, however, this impression of Caesar D'Estrees bears all the fine lines and silvery tones of a very early printing. It represents a prime example of the famous engraved art of Gerard Edelinck.
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