Jacques Vaillant (painter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJacques Vaillant (painter)
Dutch painter
Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1643
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1691
Profession: painter
Nationality: Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jacques Vaillant (painter)
- Jacques Vaillant (1643, in Amsterdam – 1691, in Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he learned to paint from his older brother Wallerant Vaillant.
- He travelled to Rome and joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Leeurik.
- He became court painter for Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg after his envoy invited him to Berlin.
- The Great Elector was so pleased with his work that he sent him to the Emperor Leopold I to paint his portrait.
- When Vaillant returned from this trip to Berlin, he died soon after.According to the RKD he was in Rome from 1664-1666, in Amsterdam from 1666-1670, and then moved to The Hague for two years where he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura from 1670-1672, and in 1672 he moved to Berlin.
- Simon Ruys was his pupil.
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