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Vanitas Still Life in a Niche
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Vanitas Still Life in a Niche

17th century

Medium

Mezzotint; second state of two

Dimensions

plate: 8 13/16 x 6 7/16 in. (22.4 x 16.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Anonymous Gift, 1981

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.