Lairesse, GERARD (1640-1711), a Dutch painter with classical sympathies, exercised an influence on art schools through his Art of Painting (Eng. trans. 1738). This work was compiled from notes of his conversations with friends and pupils after he had become blind (in 1690).
Lairesse, GERARD
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 483
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