Nicolas Cochin

61 works by Nicolas Cochin (French, 1610–1686) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.

Nicolas Cochin (1610–1686), called the Elder, was a French draughtsman and engraver. He was born at Troyes in 1610, the son of a painter named Noel Cochin. About 1635, he went to Paris, where he died in 1686. He often imitated and copied Jacques Callot, but chose for his model Stefano della Bella, some of whose drawings he engraved. Like these two artists he excelled in small figures, which he grouped and delineated with lifelike animation. His specialty was topography, including battles, sieges, and encampments. He engraved several hundred subjects, the most important of which are those he executed for the "Glorieuses Conquêtes de Louis le Grand", called the "Grand Beaulieu", published between 1676 and 1694. The best of these plates may be the "Siege of Arras", engraved on 16 plates by Cochin and Jean Frosne.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Nicolas Cochin's work on the site falls under Prints (46), Illustration (4), Flowers (2).

By movement, it's catalogued as Baroque (3), Neoclassicism (3), Rococo (1).

Culture: French (61).

By orientation: 20 landscape, 41 portrait.

Other French artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• Abraham Bosse — 369 artworks
• Israel Silvestre — 292 artworks
• Nicolas Poussin — 162 artworks
• Charles Le Brun — 158 artworks
• François Chauveau — 150 artworks
• Jean Lepautre — 115 artworks
• Philippe de Champaigne — 103 artworks
• Sébastien Bourdon — 101 artworks

Prints of these artworks

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Sizes and framing

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Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.

Frequently asked questions

How many Nicolas Cochin artworks does Archive Lane have?

61 public-domain artworks by Nicolas Cochin are catalogued on Archive Lane, each available as a free preview, a digital download, or a made-to-order print.

What nationality was Nicolas Cochin?

Nicolas Cochin is catalogued as French (born 1610, died 1686).

Can I download these as digital files?

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Can these be printed and framed?

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