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Gerard de Lairesse

1640 - 1711

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Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ də lɛʁɛs]; 11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and French classicist painters such as Charles le Brun, Simon Vouet and authors such as Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine. His importance grew in the period following the death of Rembrandt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard de Lairesse is the 1,342nd most popular painter (down from 1,299th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 1,342 out of 2,023. Before him are Janis Rozentāls, Juliusz Kossak, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Federico Zandomeneghi, Unkei, and Tarō Okamoto. After him are Joaquín Torres-García, Alan Lee, Sattar Bahlulzade, Stanisław Szukalski, Jan de Bray, and Fanny Brate.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 20. Before him are Abraham Mignon, Jacques Ozanam, Mariana Alcoforado, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Willem de Vlamingh, and Georg Mohr. After him are Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Claude Fleury, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Mayow, and William Wycherley. Among people deceased in 1711, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 14. Before him are Vladimir Atlasov, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Joseph Vaz, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Eusebio Kino, and Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. After him is Peter Schenk the Elder.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 497 out of 1,190. Before him are Peter Jan Beckx (1795), Louis Van Hege (1889), Léon Semmeling (1940), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), and Erwin Vandenbergh (1959). After him are Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830), Étienne Gailly (1922), Henri Anspach (1882), Jan Decleir (1946), Louis Gallait (1810), and Mousa Dembélé (1987).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 92. Before him are Alfred Stevens (1823), Hans Bol (1534), Jacob de Gheyn II (1565), Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662), Georges Vantongerloo (1886), and Adam van Noort (1562). After him are Louis Gallait (1810), Jan Theuninck (1954), Theodoor Rombouts (1597), Joos van Craesbeeck (1605), Gonzales Coques (1614), and Hieronymus Cock (1518).

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