Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon
76.0 x 64.0 cm
wallerant vaillant (1623 – 1677)
Discover Wallerant Vaillant, a Dutch Golden Age painter famed for innovative mezzotints. Explore his portraits & scenes, a pioneer of printmaking techniques.
A native of Lille, Vaillant trained in Antwerp and by the mid-1650s was well established as a portraitist in Amsterdam. The artist is also known as a pioneer of mezzotint engraving. In Dutch and Flemish portraits, falcons usually refer to hunting as an aristocratic sport.
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon
- Artist: wallerant vaillant
- Original dimensions: 76.0 x 64.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow