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Dutch Golden Age painter
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Male
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Birth:
1 January 1625(Lille, Lille metropolis, arrondissement of Lille, Nord)
Death:
1 January 1670(Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Family:
Siblings:
Jacques Vaillant
Jan Vaillant
Andries Vaillant
Wallerant Vaillant
The details
Biography
Introduction
Bernard Vaillant (1632, Lille – 1698, Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he accompanied his older brother Wallerant Vaillant on all of his travels. He moved to Rotterdam to become deacon of the Walloon church there, but died unexpectedly in Leiden.
According to the RKD he was the younger half-brother of the painter Wallerant Vaillant. In 1670 he became betrothed to Agneta Menton and lived on the Fluwelen Burgwal in Amsterdam. He is also registered as living in Paris and Rotterdam. He is known for engraved portraits, but also portraits in oils and pastels.