Boy Drawing a Bust of the Roman Emperor Vitellius
Wallerant Vaillant|Michiel Sweerts
ca. 1665–75
Medium
Mezzotint printed in brown ink; first state of two
Dimensions
plate: 13 1/8 x 10 11/16 in. (33.4 x 27.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Arthur Sachs, 1918
Accession Number
18.28
Tags
DrawingBoys
About the Artist
Wallerant Vaillant|Michiel Sweerts · 1623–1677
Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677) was a French-born Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker who pioneered the mezzotint technique in printmaking. Born in Lille on May 30, 1623, he died in Amsterdam on August 28, 1677, leaving behind a significant legacy as both a portraitist and innovator in graphic arts. Vaillant holds a distinguished place in art history as one of the first professional artists to...