Timeline · 1640 Born

Born this day: Gerard de Lairesse

Birth · 1640

Gerard de Lairesse, a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist, was born on September 11, 1640. He was a versatile artist with skills in music, poetry, and theatre, influenced by French classicists and Italian theorists. His work had a significant impact following Rembrandt's death.

De Lairesse's influential treatises on painting and drawing shaped 18th-century art.

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