Jacques Vaillant
Illustration — Jacques Vaillant portrait shown in lower left next to his brother Wallerant Vaillant under a portrait of their Amsterdam contemporary, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, in Arnold Houbraken's Schouburg, Volume II, 1719. • Illustration — Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg with the Battle of Fehrbellin. Jacques Vaillant (1643 in Amsterdam – 1691 in Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he learned to paint from his older brother Wallerant Vaillant.
Also recorded as Jacob Vaillant · De Leeuwerik Vaillant · Jacques Keewerik · Jacques De Leeuwerik
Jacques Vaillant
Arnold Houbraken (book) · Copy of Arnold Houbraken's Schouburg from 1719 (published and sold by the author) · Public domain
- Born
- 1643 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1691 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
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- painter
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- portrait
- Teachers
- Wallerant Vaillant
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Jacques Vaillant portrait shown in lower left next to his brother Wallerant Vaillant under a portrait of their Amsterdam contemporary, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, in Arnold Houbraken's Schouburg, Volume II, 1719. • Illustration — Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg with the Battle of Fehrbellin. Jacques Vaillant (1643 in Amsterdam – 1691 in Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he learned to paint from his older brother Wallerant Vaillant.
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He travelled to Rome and joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Leeurik. He became court painter for Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg after his envoy invited him to Berlin. The Great Elector was so pleased with his work that he sent him to the Emperor Leopold I to paint his portrait. When Vaillant returned from this trip to Berlin, he died soon after. According to the RKD he was in Rome from 1664 to 1666, in Amsterdam from 1666 to 1670, and then moved to The Hague for two years where he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura from 1670 to 1672, and in 1672 he moved to Berlin. Simon Ruys was his pupil.
Training under Wallerant Vaillant is recorded. Samuel Theodor Gericke and Simon Ruys are recorded as having studied under Jacques Vaillant. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Paris and Rome. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Jacques Vaillant is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Bomann-Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Musée de Cambrai and Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie.
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1643
Jacques Vaillant born at Amsterdam.
1691
Jacques Vaillant died at Berlin.
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His recorded language was French. Formation and teaching. He trained under Wallerant Vaillant. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Recorded position is court painter. He belonged to Bentvueghels and Confrerie Pictura. He worked at Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Rotterdam.
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National Gallery of Canada, Bomann-Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Musée de Cambrai
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