1681
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Jean Charles Parent is a 1681 by Gerard Edelinck, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white portrait shows a man with curly hair, a high collar, and a serious expression. His hands rest on a ledge, and a small crest sits below him. The background is plain, but the edges of the oval frame are filled with decorative lines and text. The artist used strong contrasts between light and dark to shape the face and clothes. This style was common in the 1600s. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how artists used light and shadow like this.
Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666 and became a naturalized French citizen in 1675.
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