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Small Portrait of a Man
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Small Portrait of a Man

mid-17th century

Medium

Mezzotint

Dimensions

sheet: 3 5/16 x 3 in. (8.4 x 7.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1918

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

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.