Discover miniaturist painter, painter, court painter Ernest de Lairesse

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: Laires, Ernst

Qualifications: miniaturist painter, painter, court painter

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish

Born: Luik (stad) 1636-03/1636-03-21
baptized 21 March 1636 (Von Wurzbach 1910)

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1718
Von Wurzbach 1910, Thieme/Becker 1928; Roberts-Jones 1995. According to Houbraken he died in Bonn at the age of about 40.

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: eldest son of Reinier de Lairesse, elder brother of Gerard de Lairesse

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Wittelsbach, Maximilian Heinrich von

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Luik (stad)
He was trained by his father in Liège (Roberts-Jones 1995, p. 299).
Rome 1662 - 1664
He was sent to Rome by Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege, to perfect his style (Roberts-Jones 1995, p. 300)
Luik (stad) 1664
Bonn 1664
He worked in the service of the Elector Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern, Prince-Bishop of Liège mainly in Liege and Bonn (Thieme/Becker 1928; Roberts-Jones 1995, p. 300).
Amsterdam (stad) 1718
died 1718 in Amsterdam (Roberts-Jones 1995, p. 300)

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Lairesse, Reinier de

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: flower piece, fruit piece, bird scene

Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 132-133 (as Ernst or Ernest Laires)
Van der Aa 1852-1878 , vol. 11 (1865), p. 34 (as: Ernest de Lairesse)
Helbig 1903 , p. 294
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2 (1910), p. 6
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 22 (1928), p. 233 (as: Lairesse, Ernest de)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 243
Roberts-Jones 1995 , p. 299-300 (Roberts-Jones doesn't know any work by him.)
Saur 1999-2000 , vol. 6, p. 23 (as: Lairesse, Ernest de)
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 128 (as: Ernest de Lairesse)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

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Project: Gerson Digital : Germany
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External links: this artwork in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1999-01-21; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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