Honorine Grimberge, comtesse de Bossu
Jean Morin
1551 to 1600
Medium
etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 30.2 x 24.4 cm (11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 31.4 x 25.5 cm (12 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1984.25.7
About the Artist
Jean Morin · 1605–1650
Jean Morin (c. 1605–1650) was one of the most accomplished French engravers of the seventeenth century, a master of the portrait print whose work stands among the finest examples of French graphic art in its era. Little is known about his early life or training, though his technique suggests exposure to both French and Flemish engraving traditions, the latter being the dominant force in European p...