Wallerant Vaillant
Illustration — Young boy, possibly the brother of the artist, Mezzotint • Illustration — The painter Maria van Oosterwijck, 1671, by Wallerant Vaillant • Illustration — A couple painted by Wallerant Vaillant. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) Wallerant Vaillant (30 May 1623 – 28 August 1677) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to use the mezzotint technique, which he probably helped to develop.
Also recorded as Wallerand Vaillant · Wallerandt Vaillandt · Wallerand Vaillandt · Walrant Valjant
Wallerant Vaillant

Wallerant Vaillant · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Robinson in memory of Rose and Charles Knieling · CC0
- Born
- 1623. · Lille.
- Died
- 1677. · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic.
- Occupation
- painter, draftsperson, copper engraver, artist and etcher.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Teachers
- Erasmus Quellinus II.
- Known for
- Portrait of a young woman with three children, Portrait of a woman and Maria van Oosterwijck (1630-93). Flower painter.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Young boy, possibly the brother of the artist, Mezzotint • Illustration — The painter Maria van Oosterwijck, 1671, by Wallerant Vaillant • Illustration — A couple painted by Wallerant Vaillant. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) Wallerant Vaillant (30 May 1623 – 28 August 1677) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to use the mezzotint technique, which he probably helped to develop.
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Family
Family
Training under Erasmus Quellinus II is recorded. Jacques Vaillant, Jan Vaillant and Bernard Vaillant are recorded as having studied under Wallerant Vaillant. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is mezzotint technique and painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of a young woman with three children, Portrait of a woman and Maria van Oosterwijck (1630-93). Work by Wallerant Vaillant is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nationalmuseum, Städel Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Wallerant Vaillant was born in Lille, the oldest of five brothers who all became successful painters. • Jacques (1625–1691) traveled to Italy where he joined the Bentvueghels in Rome with the nickname Leeuwrik, and settled later in Berlin. • Jan (1627–1668+) was an engraver considered to be a member of the school of Frankenthal and later became a merchant in Frankfurt. • Bernard (1632–1698) accompanied Wallerant on all of his travels, and settled later in Rotterdam, where he became deacon of the Wallonian Church. • Andreas (1655–1693), the youngest, became an engraver in Paris, and died in Berlin visiting his brother Jacques.
Education and career
Education and career
It is said Wallerant was a student of Erasmus Quellinus II (1607–1678) in Antwerp. He moved with his parents in 1643 to Amsterdam. In 1647 he lived in Middelburg, but in 1649 he was back in Amsterdam. In 1658 he traveled with his brother to Frankfurt and Heidelberg. He helped invent the Mezzotint technique (schraapkunst, or zwartekunst) with Prince Rupert of the Rhine when he was his tutor performing experiments in etching techniques. In 1659 he went to Paris with Philibert de Gramont where he stayed five years. In 1664 he settled in Amsterdam and became the court painter of John William Friso, Prince of Orange. He died in Amsterdam. Vaillant is most remembered today for his mezzotints, rather than his paintings.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Wallerand Vaillant, Wallerandt Vaillandt, Wallerand Vaillandt, Walrant Valjant and Wallerandt Vaillant. His recorded language was French.
Work and production
Work and production
Works recorded as notable number 3: Portrait of a young woman with three children, Portrait of a woman and Maria van Oosterwijck (1630-93). His recorded genre is portrait.
Identity
Identity
Wallerant Vaillant is recorded as painter, draftsperson, copper engraver, artist and etcher.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1623
Wallerant Vaillant born at Lille.
1677
Wallerant Vaillant died at Amsterdam.
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Lille.
Birth place
Amsterdam.
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Catalogued output
Catalogued works
Self-portrait of Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677)
1657
Portrait of a girl by Wallerant Vaillant
1655 · National Museum in Warsaw
Collections
Collections
Vaillant's work is held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the Ackland Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Allen Memorial Art Museum, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hood Museum of Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the National Gallery Prague, the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Harvard Art Museums, the Kruizenga Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Vaillant, Wallerant or Wallerand, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
- Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677), portraitiste hollandais, Revue du Nord, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q513815: Wallerant Vaillant
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- “Wallerant Vaillant”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Literature
Literature
Literature
Vaillant, Wallerant, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Vaillant, Wallerant or Wallerand, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677), portraitiste hollandais, Revue du Nord, 2002
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- 1.Histoire de la gravure en manière noire. J. Didot l’ainé. 1839.
- 2.Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne ou histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes. L. G. Michaud. 47. 1827.
- 3.Vaillant garda religieusement sa promesse, mais un pauvre vieillard, qui lui préparait ses planches, l’engagea à prendre chez lui son fils, en qualité de domestique. Celui-ci, voyant son père cacher jusqu’aux outils dont il se servait, et auquel on avait fait des offres avantageuses s’il en révélait le secret, menaça son père de s’enfuir s’il ne le lui découvrait. Craignant de voir son fils se livrer à la débauche s’il le laissait s’éloigner de lui, le vieillard lui montra ses outils et la manière de s’en servir. Le fils ne se fit pas scrupule de vendre son secret à qui le voulut : il gagna de la sorte beaucoup d’argent, mais son inconduite le réduisit à la dernière misère. Cette gravure ayant passé ainsi entre les mains d’artistes médiocres tomba dans le mépris, et ne se releva que lorsque l’Anglais John Smith lui rendit tout son crédit en la portant à sa perfection. Voir .
- 4.Union List of Artist Names
- 5.Mr. Collier’s letter racks. Oxford University Press. 2012. 978-0-19-987637-2.
- 6.Wallerant Vaillant. Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie.
- 7.A biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers. Carpenter and Son, J. Booker et Whittingham and Arliss. 1816.
- 8.The Wallace Collection’s Pictures. Unicorn Press and Lindsay Fine art. 2004. 978-0-906290-38-5.
- 9.Musée du Louvre. Notice d'oeuvre. collections.louvre.fr.
- 10.Autoportait. pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 11.Musées d'Orléans, Peintures françaises et italiennes,. Musée des Beaux-Arts. 2023.
- 12.Musées d'Orléans, Peintures françaises et italiennes, . Musée des Beau-Arts. 2023.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Maurice Vandalle, Les frères Vaillant, artistes lillois du XVIIème siècle, Lille : E. Raoust, 1937 (lire en ligne).
- Nadine Rogeaux, De Franse Nederlanden/Les Pays Bas français, Rekkem, 2003, p. 37-61, 25 pages
- Nadine Rogeaux, Catalogue d’exposition Ars Nigra, 9 nov. 2002 10 fév. 2003, Caen, p. 44-47, 4 pages
- Nadine Rogeaux, « Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677), peintre de portraits », Revue du Nord, tome 84, no 344, janv. Mars 2002, p. 25-49, 25 pages
- Nadine Rogeaux, «Le dessin à la pierre noire et au pastel », Gazette des beaux-Arts, Paris, déc. 2001, tome CXXXVIII -1595ème livraison, p. 251-266, 16 pages
- Nadine Rogeaux « Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677), premier spécialiste de la gravure en manière noire », les Nouvelles de l'estampe, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, no 177, 2001, p. 19-31, 13 pages
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He trained under Erasmus Quellinus II. As a teacher, Wallerant Vaillant is recorded in connection with Jacques Vaillant, Jan Vaillant, Bernard Vaillant and Andries Vaillant. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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