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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Wallerand Vaillant
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Title
- The Artist's Wife and Children
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Place
- Flanders (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1665–1677
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Medium
- Mezzotint on paper
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Dimensions
- 37.4 × 29.6 cm (14 3/4 × 11 11/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
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Reference Number
- 1938.68
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/26800/manifest.json