Biography: Gerard Lairesse was born in Liege but moved to Amsterdam in 1665. He worked in an academic and classical style of decorative painting that made him extremely well known towards the end of the 1600’s. Lairesse went blind in 1690 and began a career as an art theorist.
Artworks in Museum Collections: (60) Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork or works of art relevant to works by Gerard de Lairesse.