Self-Portrait

Wallerant Vaillant

Associated Names
Wallerant Vaillant

Artist, Flemish, 1623 - 1677

The image shows a person seated in a side profile with their head slightly turned towards the viewer. The individual has long, wavy hair, soft facial features, and a focused expression. They are wearing a loose-fitting shirt with voluminous sleeves and a dark beret or cap. The person leans on the back of a chair, with their left hand visible, draped over its top, and a scarf or ribbon around their neck. The background is indistinct, with shadowy gradations, emphasizing the figure as the main subject.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1977.17.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 10, State (or 11?)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

2008

  • Everyday Life in Black and White. Dutch Mezzotints from the National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery of the College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, 2008, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels, no. 10, (or 11?).

1881

  • Wessely 1881, 207.

Wikidata ID

Q65578538

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