Part (top left) of a ceiling decoration with Diana and her companions as the principal representation
c. 1676 - c. 1682
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 290.5cm × w 394.5cm × d 4cm × w c.60kg
Classification
painting, ceiling painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Onderdeel (linksboven) van een plafondschildering van vijf delen met als hoofdvoorstelling Diana en haar gezellinnen, geschilderd voor de 'grote zaal' van Paleis Soestdijk.
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...