Bernard Vaillant

Bernard Vaillant (1632 in Lille – 1698 in Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

According to Houbraken he accompanied his older brother Wallerant Vaillant on all of his travels.

[1] He moved to Rotterdam to become deacon of the Walloon church there, but died unexpectedly in Leiden.

[1] According to the RKD he was the younger half-brother of the painter Wallerant Vaillant.

[2] In 1670 he became betrothed to Agneta Menton and lived on the Fluwelen Burgwal in Amsterdam.

Pastel portrait of Christiaan Huygens , located in Hofwijck museum.