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Nicolas-Étienne Edelinck (9 April 1681 – 11 May 1767) was a French engraver, was born to a family of engravers in Paris, the eighth son of
Gérard Edelinck Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Southern Netherlands, Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666 and became a naturalized French citizen in 1675.Préaud 1998. ...
.Préaud 1998. Although he had the advantage of his father's instruction, and of studying in Italy, he never rose above mediocrity. He engraved some portraits, and a few plates for the
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. He died in Paris in 1768. Among other prints by him are the following: *''Gerard Edelinck''; after Tortebat. *''Cardinal Giulio de' Medici''; after
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References

* Préaud, Maxime (1998), "Edelinck, Gérard", vol. 9, p. 718, in ''The Dictionary of Art'', edited by Jane Turner. London: Macmillan. . Attribution: *


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* 1681 births 1767 deaths 17th-century French engravers 18th-century French engravers Engravers from Paris {{France-artist-stub