Standing Boy with a Portfolio

Wallerant Vaillant

mid-17th century

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Medium

Mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 6 1/4 x 5 5/8 in. (15.9 x 14.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1918

Accession Number

18.29.4

About the Artist

Wallerant Vaillant · 16231677

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...

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