Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish/Dutch Baroque School 1640-1711)
Oil on canvas
Bearing older label verso 'Gerard de Lairesse, Ecole Flamande'
Depicting in chiaroscuro a central figure on a draped Classical monument assisted by putto bearing allegories of the arts and antiquities, in the background a mountainous landscape.
19 1/2 x 21 1/2in. (49 x 55cm).
Framed 25 x 27in. (63 x 69cm).

Gerard de Lairesse was a draughtsman, theatrical set designer, lecturer, writer, theoretician, and perhaps the most celebrated Dutch painter in the years following the death of Rembrandt..
Gerard de Lairesse was celebrated in his lifetime as an advocate for the study of classical antiquity, as presented in the offered lot.

Ref: Collection of the Glasgow Museum..
'An Allegory of the Senses'

The Dick Institute, Ayrshire, Scotland
'Jacob and Rachel at the Well of Haran'

Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, Wales
'Floral Tributes to Venus'

Cleveland Museum of Art
'Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus'




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