Saint Christopher
Wallerand VaillantWW-1665-092546
1665·Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper·Image/plate: 16.9 × 21.9 cm (6 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 17.6 × 22.7 cm (6 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
<p>In this print, Wallerand Vaillant articulates landscape, figure, and atmosphere with the perfect subtlety of light. Mezzotint was a relatively new intaglio process in which the artist burnished out highlights and gradations, effectively erasing the darkness, from a completely roughened copper plate that would print black if left untouched. In the final state the artist added stars, as well as more definition to the clouds and landscape, and intensified the highlights of the figures and their respective objects (the staff of the Saint, and the world held by the Christ-child). The result is a tonally richer composition.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1665
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 16.9 × 21.9 cm (6 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 17.6 × 22.7 cm (6 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Wallerand Vaillant
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Wallerand Vaillant
Wallerant Vaillant (Dutch, 1623-1677)
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- Wallerand Vaillant
- Year
- 1665
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 16.9 × 21.9 cm (6 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 17.6 × 22.7 cm (6 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1665-092546
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified