Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ də lɛʁɛs]; 11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included …

Gérard de Lairesse ou Gérard Lairesse [note 1], baptisé à Liège, le 11 septembre 1641 [1], [note 2] et enterré à Amsterdam, le 21 ou 28 juillet 1711 [1], [note 3], est un peintre, décorateur …

Gerard de Lairesse (1641–1711) was, in his day, a well-known painter, etcher, and art theorist. He suffered from congenital syphilis, which caused him to go blind about 1690; he subsequently …

Gerard de Lairesse Allegorie op het bestuur van de stad Amsterdam met de naamlijst en wapens van regeringsleden Geslachtswapens van prins Willem III in een allegorische omlijsting

Gerard de Lairesse Copies after Illustrations of Statues and Paintings (recto); Measurements for a Man’s Skeleton (verso), n.d. Design for Title page: Clio Taking Dictation from Minerva, n.d.

Largely forgotten today, De Lairesse was celebrated in his lifetime as a painter and advocate for an idealizing manner based on the study of classical antiquity. This work, likely destined to …

Lairesse’s composition illustrates the Prince’s virtues (Justice, Prudence etc) with scenes from Roman history. The composition is rigorous, the architecture classical; the figures are …

Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian …

Lairesse's writings reveal the same academic approach as his paintings and he somewhat naively confessed that he had a special preference for Rembrandt until he learned ‘the infallible rules …

What de Lairesse lacked in physical good looks was well compensated by his attractive personality, talent, and intellect, for he was the darling of women, colleagues, wealthy patrons, …