Edelinok, Gerard

Edelinok, Gerard a celebrated Flemish engraver, was born at Antwerp in 1627, studied under Cornelis Galle, and was subsequently elected a royal academician. He died at Paris in 1707. The following are some of his principal works: The Holy Family, with St. John, St. Elizabeth, and Two Angels; The Holy Family, where St. John is Presenting Flowers to the Infant Jesus; The Virgin Mary at the Foot of the Cross; Mary Magdalene, penitent, Trampling on the Vanities of the World; St. Louis Prostrating himself before a Crucifix. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.