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Cochin (ii).
French family of artists. The engraver Nicolas Cochin (1610–after 1649) left Troyes for Paris in the 1640s; he made numerous small engravings, chiefly religious subjects and landscapes, including several for Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, for example the Royal Hunt (Weigert, no. 634). His prints, signed N. Cochin, are often confused with those of his half-brother Noël Cochin (1622–after 1687). It is not clear how they were related to (1) Charles-Nicolas Cochin I and his more celebrated son (2) Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, both of whom were employed in Paris to make reproductions after the most distinguished artists of their day. In addition to his activities as an engraver, draughtsman and writer on the theory of art, Cochin le fils enjoyed an illustrious public career as Secrétaire Perpétuel of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. The following members have entries:
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