Vaillant was born in Lille; he is said to have studied under Erasmus Quellinus in Antwerp. He worked in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and possibly England. He died in Amsterdam. He was chiefly a portraitist.
Wallerant Vaillant
1623 - 1677
Paintings by Wallerant Vaillant
After Wallerant Vaillant
Despite the title, the boy is not drawing but studying a sketchbook – there’s no sign of drawing implements. In front of him is a cast of the Christ Child from Michelangelo’s statue of the Virgin and Child (Church of Our Lady, Bruges) and another book of sketches, but the drawing we see on the op...
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