Crispin (1682): Artwork and History
Crispin at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Crispin (1682) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Theodorus Netscher (Dutch, born France, 1661-1732).
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
Gerard Edelinck was a French engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin who worked in Paris beginning in 1666. He was admitted to the Academie Royale in 1677 and became a councilor of that body and First Draftsman to the Cabinet du Roi in 1694. Although he specialized in engraved portraits, he also made prints after other artists, such as this charming portrait of N. Poisson as Crispin, the unscrupulous comic valet of the Comedie-Francaise, based on the portrait by Theodorus Netscher (active in Paris in 1679-99), the eldest son of the famous portrait artist Caspar Netscher.
Object facts
- Title: Crispin
- Date: 1682
- Artist attribution: Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Theodorus Netscher (Dutch, born France, 1661-1732)
- Place of origin: France
- Medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions: Plate: 48.2 × 37 cm (19 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 49.7 × 38.2 cm (19 5/8 × 15 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Department: Prints and Drawings
- Reference number: 1888.182
Collection credit
Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
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