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Gérard de Lairesse

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Painting of Bacchus lifting a starry crown above a nude Ariadne seated on a gilded bed, with a cupid and dark clouds.

Bacchus and Ariadne

c. 1680

Painting of a seated woman and armoured man joining hands as a winged child holds a red ribbon, with a classical statue behin

The Wedding of Alexander and Roxana (?)

1678-1681

Painting of a bearded man in armor seated beside a nude woman with a plumed helmet and spear, with a winged child behind them

Odysseus with Calypso

1680

Grisaille allegory showing a helmeted standing woman surrounded by female figures, putti, a serpent, and trees in a classical

Allegory of the Sciences

1675

Painting of a laurel-crowned man bending to take the hand of a reclining woman, with a cupid and classical busts behind.

Gaius Maecenas (70 BC-8 BC) supports declining fine arts

1660

Painting of Mercury descending to a nude woman as a bearded man in armor rests beside her, with a helmeted child in front.

Mercury ordering Calypso to release Odysseus.

1676

Painting of three women in the foreground, a classical building with a pink pyramid roof, and a tall column in a garden.

Italiaans landschap met drie vrouwen op de voorgrond

1687

Grisaille allegory of the arts with a woman holding a palette, a laurel-crowned seated woman, and cherubs.

Allegory of the Arts.

1675

Grisaille allegory in an arched niche: seated woman with fruit branch, putti with coins, cornucopia, and garlands above.

Allegory of Wealth.

1675

Grisaille allegory of Charity with a central female figure, seated woman, putti, eagle and garlands, worn surface.

Allegory of Charity.

1675

Grisaille allegory showing a winged figure blowing a trumpet above a seated woman with a globe and putti.

Allegory of Fame.

1675

Painting of a nude woman with a plumed helmet and spear beside a bearded man in armor, with a cupid behind them.

Odysseus and Calypso

1680

Painting of the moon goddess Selene gazing at sleeping Endymion, with a winged child holding a torch under a large moon.

Selene and Endymion

1680

Oil painting of Mercury descending above nude Calypso, with a bearded Odysseus and an armoured youth in the foreground.

Mercurius gelast Calypso om Odysseus te laten vertrekken

1680

Grisaille allegory of riches with seated woman, putti, cornucopia spilling coins, and a relief of a hunting scene above.

Allegory of Riches

1675

Grisaille allegory of a helmeted seated woman, a winged trumpeter above, and classical figures with an SPQR banner.

Rome op den Throon

1689

Monochrome allegorical scene of classical figures, a helmeted warrior, a torch-bearing woman, and a winged figure above.

Rome van den Throon

1689

Painting of a youth playing a lyre beside a standing armored warrior in a classical interior with a relief on the wall.

Achilles Playing the Lyre at the Arrival of the Envoys of Agamemnon

1675

Painted allegorical ceiling panel showing a figure in a feathered headdress on an elephant, with cherubs and clouds, mounted

Four Continents

Painting of a gilded rider on a white horse and a winged angel driving men out of a columned temple, with spilled treasure.

Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple

1674

Pen and ink drawing of a classical sacrifice scene with an altar, a kneeling woman, standing men, and a deer head among trees

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

ca. 1667-88

Engraved allegory with winged figures, a portrait medallion, a lion, armoured soldiers and a Latin inscription banner.

Allegory on William III, after the campaign of 1673 and the conquest of Grave in 1674

1674

Etching of helmeted warriors and draped figures gathered before a ruined stone tower under a cloudy sky, with Dutch caption b

Deliberation between Aeneas and his followers interrupted

1668

Etching of two women on a classical staircase beside a city of collapsing arches and columns, with Dutch verse below.

Anna betrays her love for Serestus

1668

Etching of a young man between a bear and a satyr beside a tree and rocky cave, with a Dutch and Latin caption below.

Jester dances with bear and satyr

1668

Etching of figures arguing in a town street, with a kneeling woman, a standing man, onlookers, ships and smoking buildings be

Two couples argue

1668

Etching of two laughing figures mocking a kneeling young man on a terrace before a classical city backdrop.

Two figures laugh at a young man

1668

Etching of winged Father Time with a scythe seated on a pedestal, flanked by a seated woman and a veiled woman with a compass

Father Time flanked by Memory and Practice

1670

Engraving of helmeted Aeneas beside the veiled Sibyl of Cumae holding a laurel branch, with a cave and stone steps behind.

Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae

1670

Twee studiekoppen

1670

Engraved allegorical print with two open books, mythological figures, a lion, rooster and dog, and a central medallion portra

Zinneprent op de overwinning van Nederland onder het leiderschap van Willem III, 1674

1674

Print of a young satyr seated on a rock holding a glowing torch, shaded in dark brown tones against a black background.

Jonge sater met een fakkel

1670