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Charles Nicholas II Cochin

 
Charles Nicholas II Cochin

18th century French engraver, draftsman, and art theorist
(1715 - 1790)

Cochin, Charles-Nicolas, II (French engraver, draftsman, and art theorist, 1715-1790) Note: Cochin, like his father, was employed in Paris to make reproductions after the most distinguished artists of his time. In addition to his activities as an engraver, draftsman, and writer on the theory of art, Cochin enjoyed an illustrious public career as Secrétaire Perpétuel of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. This prolific and influential artist was extremely well-connected in artistic circles and received many important commissions.

11 objects

Le Port de Cite en Languedoc

1762
engraving on paper
Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1956.24.288.1
 

Le Port de Rochefort

1767
engraving on paper
Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1956.24.288.2
 

Vue de la Ville et du Port de Bayonne

1764
engraving on paper
Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1956.24.288.3
 

Vue de la Ville et du Port de Bordeaux, Prise du Chateau Trompette

1764
engraving on paper
Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1956.24.288.4
 

Portrait of C. N. Cochin

1781
engraving on paper
Bequest of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1967.39.33
 

Portrait of F. Dumont

1788
engraving on paper
Bequest of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1967.39.34
 

Portrait of Jacques Dumont

1770
engraving on paper
Bequest of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1967.39.40
 

Portrait of Fortunee-Marie d'Est, Princess de Conti

1781
engraving on paper
Bequest of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1967.39.42
 

Untitled

1770
engraving on paper
Bequest of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1967.39.71
 

Detachement faisant Halte (Halt of the Troops)

n.d.
etching on paper
Gift of James A. Bergquist
1986.6
 

Homage to Pierre-Jean Mariette, after Charles-Nicolas Cochin

1775
etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.107