Selene en Endymion
Gerard de Lairesse
c. 1680
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
118.5; 177
About this artwork
height 177 cm x width 118.5 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...