Boy Seated in a Studio, a plaster cast of the Christ-child in front of him

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This artwork was created 17th century.

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Wallerant Vaillant

17th century

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Medium

Mezzotint; second state of two

Dimensions

plate: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27.6 x 21.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950

Accession Number

50.567.5

About the Artist

Wallerant Vaillant · 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...

Boy Seated in a Studio, a plaster cast of the Christ-child in front of him

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