[Music Iconography] Lairesse, Gerard de. (1640 - 1711)
"Musica," Original Engraving ca. 1700.
A very fine original copper engraving by Gerardum (Gerard) de Lairesse (1640 - 1711), as issued by Gerard Valk in Belgium, ca. 1700. A very fine impression, with wide margins. Plate measures 37 X 34 cm; overall 35.5 X 46 cm. Scattered foxing at margins, light crease mostly affecting right margin, overall very fine.Lairesse was one of the most celebrated painters of the Dutch Golden Age, and with his classical, allegorically-themed and French-oriented style, he was known as the "Dutch Poussin." A portrait of him by Rembrandt hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (3181)
Art/Sculpture Classical Music