Portrait of a Man
Jacques Saillant
ca. 1628
Medium
Vellum stretched over wood
Dimensions
Octagonal, 6 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (170 x 142 mm)
Classification
Miniatures
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.72.2
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Jacques Saillant · 1620–1638
**Jacques Saillant** (active by 1620–died in or after 1638) was a French portrait miniaturist born in Avignon who joined an Augustinian religious order, adopting the name Saliano (or Salianus Augustinianus). Little is known of his early life or formal training, which remains undocumented in surviving sources; however, his presence in Rome and Florence from 1620 to 1633 suggests exposure to the vib...