Nicolas Cochin - Saint Denis Bishop And Martyr

Attributed to Nicolas COCHIN dit Le vieux (Troyes 1610 - Paris 1686)
Saint Denis bishop and martyr 
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and stippling 
15 x 21.5 cm curved at the top - Out of frame 
Old restorations, spotting
Annotated on verso "Cochin de Troyes 1610 - 1685".
Framed

A typical example of a late Louis XIII draughtsman/engraver in the vein of Huret and Callot. Drawn with a firm line contrasted by the effects of the wash, this homage to Saint Denis can be compared with the works of Nicolas Cochin, an artist from Troy renowned for his inventiveness. He was greatly influenced by De La Bella and Callot, whose decapitation scene in the background is a reworking of his Saint Livier. The stylus passage bears witness to the existence of an engraving that now seems to have been lost. 

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