Painting career Gerard de Lairesse

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apollo , aurora, 1671, ceiling painting herengracht, n° 539, metropolitan museum of art



gerard de lairesse, allegory of sciences


de lairesse born in liège , second son of painter renier de lairesse (1597-1667). studied art under father , 1655 under bertholet flemalle. worked in cologne , aix-la-chapelle maximilian henry of bavaria 1660. in 1664 de lairesse fled liège after affair 2 sisters, models, let difficulties. travelled north girl named marie salme , married in visé. couple settled in utrecht, son baptized in april 1665. when talent artist discovered art dealer gerrit van uylenburgh, moved amsterdam. de lairesse arrived violin, impressed jan van pee , anthonie claesz de grebber in uylenburgh s studio. in 1667 de lairesse became citizen of nieuwmarkt. in 1670 son, abraham, born; engraver abraham blooteling, whom collaborated, witness @ baptism; son baptized in 1673.


in 1671, when van uylenburgh tried sell 13 paintings frederick william, elector of brandenburg, hendrick fromantiou advised elector send 12 pieces forgeries. fromantiou claimed paintings copies of italian ones, , point out originals in holland. de lairesse 1 of 51 individuals involved because of expertise.


some time later de lairesse moved spinhuissteeg became member of literary society nil volentibus arduum, seems have gathered in house 1676 until 1681. in 1682 sold copies of sheet music composed lully. in may 1684 rented nearby house of caspar barlaeus. pupils philip tideman , louis abry lived there too.


de lairesse produced paintings decorations soestdijk palace between 1676 , 1683. in 1684 moved hague , worked there year. in binnenhof decorated hall, named after him, allegory of justice . in 1685 painted works loo palace.








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