Portrait engraving

by Gérard Edelinck 1640–1707 by Philippe Quinault

$250 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Quinault is depicted head-and-shoulders, turned quarter right, wearing a robe and long wig. Coat of arms to lower portion of oval border, Philippe Quinault Auditeur des Comptes de l'Academie francoise printed belowImage size 255 x 192 mm; sheet size 290 212 mm. With an 18 mm tear to upper right margin just touching printed area. Edelinck's engraving beautifully encapsulates Quinault’s position as a dramatist, auditor

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