Jean Edelinck, a brother of Gerard Edelinck

Gerard Edelinck

Gerard Edelinck , was a Flemish copper-plate engraver.Edelinck was born in Antwerp, where he received his early training from the engraver Cornelis Galle. He then went to Paris to improve himself under the teaching of De Poilly...

, and probably younger than the latter, was born at Antwerp, but in what year is not known. He preceded his brother to Paris, and there engraved several plates in imitation of his style. Although very unequal to the works of his brother, his prints are not without considerable merit. He died in Paris in 1680. He engraved several of the statues in the gardens at Versailles

Gardens of Versailles

The Gardens of Versailles occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of Versailles. Situated to the west of the palace, the gardens cover some 800 hectares of land, much of which is landscaped in the classic French Garden style perfected here by...

, and there are also by him: The Portrait of Isbrandus de Diemerbroeck

Isbrand van Diemerbroeck

Isbrand van Diemerbroeck was a Dutch physician, anatomist, and professor.-Biography:...

, a famous anatomist; after Romeyn De Hooghe

Romeyn de Hooghe

Romeyn de Hooghe was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque, painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist.-Biography:...

. The Deluge; after Alessandro Turchi

Alessandro Turchi

Alessandro Turchi was an Italian painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname L'Orbetto....

. This plate was finished after his death by his youngest brother, Gaspard François Edelinck.