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print artist, painter, decorative painter (of interiors), perspective painter, draftsperson, artist's biographer, art theorist
was called a finepainter in the deed of his marriage
Born
Luik (stad) 1641-09/1641-09-11
baptized on 11 September in the Saint Adalbert in Liege.
Deceased
Amsterdam (city) 1711-07/1711-07-28
buried on 21 July 1711 (Waller 1938/1974, p. 190-191); he was buried on 28 July 1711 from his home at the Prinsengracht (Lammertse 1999, p. 324-326)
Family relationships
this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).
son of the painter Reinier de Lairesse (c. 1596-1667) and Catherine Taulier (died 1676) (Helbig 1903, p. 291-295); brother of Ernest and Jacques de Lairesse. Married in Navagne in 1664 to Maria Salme (died 1723) , father of Andreas de Lairesse (1668-1715), Abraham de Lairesse I (1670-1727) and Jan de Lairesse (1673-1748)
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).
Tideman worked as Lairesse's assistant for two years, c. 1679-1681; later on he also collaborated with him on several occassions. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675
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  • Luik (stad) 1655 - 1660
    home trained by his father and since 1655 by Bartholet Flémalle
  • Keulen 1660
    He worked in Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle for Duke Maximilian Henry of Bavaria in 1660.
  • Aken 1660
  • Luik (stad) 1660 - 1664
    Gerard fled from Liège, because he broke a pledge of allegiance to two sisters (he had promised to marry one of them), and therefore was attacked with a knife by these ladies. He fled with his fiancée Marie Salme and married en route to Maastricht in Navagne. They settled down in Utrecht.
  • Navagne (Luik) 1664
  • Maastricht (stad)
  • Utrecht (stad) 1664 - 1665
  • Amsterdam (stad) 1665 - 1711
    was visited by Nicodemus Tessin II in 1687, who wrote that Johannes Glauber lived with him (Upmark 1900, p. 125). He was completely blind from c. 1690 onwards and thereafter made a living writing art-theoritical works (he is said to have suffered from congenital syphilis: Borroni 1988)
  • Den Haag (stad) 1684
    Joined the Confrerie Pictura in an unknown year, mentioned as a member 1684. Probably joined to paint the seven large paintings in the council chamber at the Court of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland (Obreen 1877-1890)
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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.
history (genre), Christian religious scene, portrait, mythology, allegory, flower piece, fruit piece
Medium/technique
oil paint
Creation date: 1992-01-11; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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