Granida and Daiphilo
Gerard de Lairesse
c. 1665 - c. 1668
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
8.5; 122; 147
About this artwork
Granida en Daiphilo. Granida drinkt met een schelp water uit een fontein. Bij de fontein zit de herder Daifilo, zijn wapenrusting ligt voor de bron op de grond. Rechts spelen twee putti.
About the Artist
Gerard de Lairesse · 1641–1711
Gerard de Lairesse (1641–1711) was a leading figure of the Dutch Golden Age, renowned as both a painter and art theorist whose classical ideals bridged the dramatic realism of Rembrandt with the refined elegance of French academism. Born on September 11, 1641, in Liège, he was the second son of the painter Renier de Lairesse (1597–1667). De Lairesse received his initial training under his father b...