Portrait of a gentleman, half-length

Details

Wallerant Vaillant (Lille 1623-1677 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length
signed and dated 'W. Vaillant fe. 1658'
black and white chalk, stumping
23 x 17 7/8 in. (58.5 x 45.4 cm.)

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Lot Essay

In 1658 Vaillant executed a series of eighteen portraits of personages who attended the election of the Emperor Leopold in Frankfurt. The sitter in the present drawing has not been identified. For other portraits in this series, see Christie's, London, 2 July 1991, lot 145 and 7 July 1992, lots 89 and 90.

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