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Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon
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Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon

Date unknown

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

29 3/4 x 25 in. (75.6 x 63.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, George T. Delacorte Jr. Gift, 1957

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Wallerant Vaillant

1623–1677Dutch Republic

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.