Allegory of Dawn
1673 - 1677
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 290cm
Classification
painting, ceiling painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Allegorie op de dageraad. Apollo rijdt op zijn zonnewagen door de hemel, rechts vluchten de vrouwelijke personificaties van Sterren (?) en de Nacht. Links een soort versierde piramide. Verder verschillende figuren achter een illusionistische balustrade, gezien van onderen.
About the Artist
Gerard de Lairesse · 1641–1711
Gerard de Lairesse (1641–1711) was a leading figure of the Dutch Golden Age, renowned as both a painter and art theorist whose classical ideals bridged the dramatic realism of Rembrandt with the refined elegance of French academism. Born on September 11, 1641, in Liège, he was the second son of the painter Renier de Lairesse (1597–1667). De Lairesse received his initial training under his father b...