Wallerant Vaillant

Wallerant Vaillant (30 May 1623 – 28 August 1677) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to use the mezzotint technique, which he probably helped to develop.

Wallerant Vaillant was born in Lille, the oldest of five brothers who all became successful painters.

It is said Wallerant was a student of Erasmus Quellinus II (1607–1678) in Antwerp.

In 1659 he went to Paris with Philibert de Gramont where he stayed five years.

In 1664 he settled in Amsterdam and became the court painter of John William Friso, Prince of Orange.

Young boy, possibly the brother of the artist, Mezzotint
The painter Maria van Oosterwijck , 1671, by Wallerant Vaillant
A couple painted by Wallerant Vaillant. ( Gemäldegalerie , Berlin)