Mercurius met het afgehakte hoofd van Argus
Gerard de Lairesse
1670 - 1672
Medium
etching
Dimensions
112; 154
About this artwork
height 154 mm x width 112 mm
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...