Gerard de Lairesse Gerard or Gerard de Lairesse (11 September 1640 or 1641 - June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist.
Lairesse was born in Liege. His broad range of talent included music, poetry, and the theatre. He was perhaps the most celebrated Dutch painter in the period following the death of Rembrandt. His treatises on painting and drawing, Grondlegginge der teekenkonst (1701) and Groot Schilderboek (1707), were highly influential on 18th-Century painters like Jacob de Wit. Students of De Lairesse included the painter Jan van Mieris. He died in Amsterdam.
Venus Presenting Weapons to Aeneas 2nd half of 17th century
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 161.8 cm (63.7 in). Width: 165.8 cm (65.3 in).
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Painting ID:: 80457
The Expulsion of Heliodorus From The Temple Date 1674(1674)
Medium English: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 204 x 193 cm (80.3 x 76 in)
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Painting ID:: 81014
Gerard_de_Lairesse Gerard or Gerard de Lairesse (11 September 1640 or 1641 - June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist.
Lairesse was born in Liege. His broad range of talent included music, poetry, and the theatre. He was perhaps the most celebrated Dutch painter in the period following the death of Rembrandt. His treatises on painting and drawing, Grondlegginge der teekenkonst (1701) and Groot Schilderboek (1707), were highly influential on 18th-Century painters like Jacob de Wit. Students of De Lairesse included the painter Jan van Mieris. He died in Amsterdam.