PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
This and tlie ' Bal par6 ' were engraved by his
father. Not many months elapsed before he was
called upon to commemorate the Funeral and
Interment of the same Spanish Princess, in 1746.
About this time the vignettes engraved by Cochin
became fewer, for he had become a courtier, and
at the close of 1749 he was chosen to accompany
to Italy the Marquis of Marignj-, the brother of
Madame de Pompadour. On his return in 3751 the
order of St. Michael was bestowed upon him, and
he was received as an Academician without having
executed the usual trial work. In 1752 he suc-
ceeded Co_vpel as Keeper of the King's Drawings,
and in 1758 he published his ' Voyage ditalie.'
From this time forth Cochin's labours were devoted
chiefly to works connected with the court, such as
the ' Medallic History of the Keign of Louis XV.,'
the etchings of the Ports of France after Joseph
Vernet, which were completed by Le Bas, and the
' Parade ' and book-plate of Madame de Pompadour,
whom he assisted in her etchings. In 1764 he
designed and engraved an allegorical cartouche,
representing the sun in an echpse, to contain verses
by Favart upon the convalescence of the favourite,
but she had a relapse, and died a few days later.
The plate was then suppressed, and proofs from it
are very rare. He also wrote several works on the
fine arts. There were, moreover, but few celebrities
of the period in France whose portraits he did not
draw in pencil or in crayons, with much skilful
delineation of character, and some of which he
himself engraved. Cochin died in Paris in 1790,
after having exercised for nearly forty years no
inconsiderable influence upon art, for the Marquis
of Marigny seldom took any important step without
first coming to him for advice, which was always
conscientiously given.
The ' Catalogue de I'CEuvre de C. N. Cochin fila ' was published by'C. A. Jombert in 1780. MM. Portalis and Beraldi have given a full account of Cochin's life and works in their ' Graveurs du dix- huitieme siecle,' i. 503-570, aud many interesting details of the earlier years of his life are to be found in his own ' Memoires,' published by M. Henry in 1880. The following are the principal portraRs etched or engraved by him :
Louis XV. (Schola Martis), an allegory. 1770. Louis XV., a medallion in profile^ The Comte de Caylus. 1752. Joachim Gras, Treasurer of France. 1753. The Duke of La Valliere. 1757. The Marquis of Vandii-res, afterwards Marquis of Marigny ; two plates. 1752, 1757. Jean Kestout, painter. R.EO.
COCHIN, Jacques Nicolas. See Tardiec.
COCHIN, Nicolas, called the Elder, a French draughtsman and engraver, was the son of a painter named Noel Cochin. He was born at Troyes in 1610, and about 1635 went to Paris, where he died in 1686. He often imitated and copied Callot, but chose for his model De la Belle, some of whose drawings he engraved. Like these two artists he excelled in small figures, which he grouped and delineated with life-like animation. His specialty was topography, including battles, sieges, and en- campments. He engraved several hundred sub- jects, the most important of which are those which he executed for the ' Glorieuses Conquetes de Louis le Grand,' called the ' Grand Beaulieu,' published between the years 1676 and 1694. The best of these plates is that of the ' Siege of Arras,' en- graved on sixteen plates by Cochin and Frosne. iJicolas Cochin is the best of the engravers whom Troyes has produced. His drawing is firm, and his engraving fine and delicate. His plates are marked with his name in full, or with his initials only, or with a monogram. M. Corrard de Breban has given in his ' Graveurs Troyens,' 1868, a list of Cochin's works, among which the following are the best :
The Life of the Virgin ; after Alhreeht Diirer ; 18 plates. The Marriage in Cana ; after Paolo Veronese. The Miracle of the Loaves ; after Devos. The Parable of the Prodigal Son; after Audran ; 4 plates. Christ bearing the Cross ; after Callot. The Ascension of the Virgin ; after the same. The Passion ; 12 plates. The Conversion of St. Paul. The Procession of St. Genevieve in 1652 ; extremely curious. The Entry of Louis XIV. and his Queen into Paris in 1660 ; an enormous work composed of several plates. The Entry of the Queen of Swe.len. 1658. The Fair of Guibray ; after F. Ounivel. 1658. Portrait of Boutmie, the goldsmith ; rare aud highly esteemed. View of Tournay ; after J'an tier Jfeulen ; 2 sheets. K.E8
COCHIN, Noel, a painter, draughtsman, and engraver, born at Troyes in 1622, was the half- brutlier of Nicolas Cochin. He studied painting at Rome, devoting his attention especially to landscapes, and was working in Paris in 16G7. About 1670 he went to Venice, and never left that city until his death, which took place in 1695. M. Corrard de Breban has pointed out in his 'Graveurs Troyens ' that there has hitherto been a great confusion between the engravings of the two brothers, owing to their initials having been the same, but that they may easily be distinguished by the vast difference in talent which exists between them, the work of Noel Cochin being below mediocrity. He signed his plates sometimes with the initials N. C, sometimes with his name preceded by Noel, Natalis, or No^. Twenty-three of the plates of the 'Tabulfe selectse et explicatae,' published by Catherine Patin at Padua in 1691, are signed with the name of Cochin, but with variable initials. Thirteen of these, hearing the initials N. R., are probably the work of Nicolas Robert, the son of Noel Cochin. The remaining ten are by Noel Cochin, as are also the following plates :
The Marriage in Cana ; after Andrea J'icentino; signed yatal. Cochin. View of Paris ; 4 sheets. 1669. The Cries of Paris ; 8 plates. E.E.G.
COCHRAN, William, born at Strathearn in Clydesdale, in 1738, received his first instruction at the Academy of Painting at Glasgow, founded by the two celebrated printers, Robert and Andrew Foulis. About 1761 he went to Italy and studied under Gavin Hamilton, and on his return to Glas- gow about 1766 he practised portrait painting both in oil and miniature. Some pieces from fable, executed by him when at Rome, are to be found in Glasgow. He was a modest artist, and never ex- hibited his works, nor put his name to them. He died at Glasgow in 1785, and was buried in the cathedral, where a monument was erected to his memor}-.
COCK, Frans de. See De Cock.
COCK, HiEBONiMDS, (or KocK.) a Flemish painter and engraver, was born at Antwerp in 1510, and died there in 1570. He was admitted 307
