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The Artist's Wife and Children

A work made of mezzotint on paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of mezzotint on paper.

Date:

1665/77

Artist:

Wallerant Vaillant
Dutch, 1623-1677

About this artwork

The oldest of five artist brothers, Wallerant Vaillant was a successful Dutch artist who made several portraits of royalty. He frequently used the newly discovered technique of mezzotint, as he has done in this print, in which the surface of a copper plate is entirely roughened by a rocker and then burnished to achieve tonal effects.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Wallerand Vaillant

Title

The Artist's Wife and Children

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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1665–1677

Medium

Mezzotint on paper

Dimensions

37.4 × 29.6 cm (14 3/4 × 11 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1938.68

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