Mercurius gelast Calypso om Odysseus te laten vertrekken
Gerard de Lairesse
ca. 1680
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
96; 132
About this artwork
height 132 cm x width 96 cm
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...