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DiaporamaAllegory of Fame, Gerard de Lairesse, 1675 - 1683
gérard de lairesse (1640 – 1711)
Explore Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711), a Belgian Baroque painter celebrated for dramatic light, emotive scenes & masterpieces like 'Baptism of Christ'. Discover his legacy!
Allegory of the Fame. In the middle is the female personification on a throne with a sphere on its lap. Upstairs, the fame blows on her trumpet. From a series of five allegories (SK-A-4174/4178), painted in grisaille between 1675 and 1683 for the house "Messina" of Philips de Flines on the Herengracht.
About this artwork
- Title: Allegory of Fame, Gerard de Lairesse, 1675 - 1683
- Artist: gérard de lairesse
- Year: 1683
- Original dimensions: 288.0 x 152.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Corpus context: aristocratic taste , human destiny"
- Main color: Espresso
- Keywords: art history europe , baroque art , gerard de lairesse
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia
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