Jean Morin (French, c. 1590-1650)
after Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602-1674)
Antoine Vitré
INV-1544
Jean Morin (French, c. 1590-1650)
after Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602-1674)1640/50
engravingprint
Date
1640/50
Medium
Etching, with stipple in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 31.2 × 21.3 cm (12 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift in memory of Tom and Ann Tice from their daughters
Little known today, Jean Morin was among the most influential printmakers in 17th-century France. He devised a unique method for portraiture, using a mixture of line and stipple to enhance tonal contrast and create a finely textured background for the etched features. He made about 50 prints after portraits by his father-in-law, Philippe de Champaigne. Antoine Vitré was a Parisian printer and bookseller who specialized in non-Roman alphabets. Unusually straightforward in his stance, the subject holds several products of his trade.
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