Gallery LabelA native of Lille, Vaillant trained in Antwerp and by the mid-1650s was well established as a portraitist in Amsterdam. The artist is also known as a pioneer of mezzotint engraving. In Dutch and Flemish portraits, falcons usually refer to hunting as an aristocratic sport.

ProvenanceHugh Robert Hughes, Kinmel Park, Abergele, North Wales (until d. 1911); his son, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bodvel Lewis Hughes, Kinmel Park (1911–29; sale, Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1929, no. 47, as by Albert Cuyp, for £2,200 to Asscher); [Asscher & Welker, London, from 1929]; [Daniel H. Farr, New York]; [Howard Young, New York, by 1930–at least 1933]; Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twombly (Florence Vanderbilt), New York (until d. 1952); [(?)N. or J. Weitzner and Knoedler, New York, until 1955; sold to Hirschl & Adler]; [Hirschl & Adler, New York, 1955–57; sold to Stora]; [Raphael Stora, New York, 1957; sold to MMA]