Gerard or Gérard Lairesse 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 Fre
Rembrandt's portrait of Gerard de Lairesse at age 25, showing his saddle nose caused by congenital syphilis. Oil on canvas, c. 1665–67. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Apollo and Aurora, 1671, ceiling painting for Herengracht, n° 539, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gerard de Lairesse, Allegory of sciences, Rijksmuseum
Gerard de Lairesse: Allegory of the Five Senses, 1668, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Simon van der Does was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Gerard de Lairesse
…Johannes Glauber and Frederick de Moucheron, on larger commissions for house decorations. De Lairesse attracted many pupils, including Jan van Mieris, Simon van der Does, and the brothers Teodor and Krzysztof Lubieniecki. According to Houbraken, Jan Hoogsaat was one of his best pupils. According to the Netherlands…
Simon van der Does (1653 – after 1717)