Gerard de Lairesse and his Painted Heavens
In 1672, when the Dutch Republic was under simultaneous attack by four foreign armies, Gerard de Lairesse created a magnificent three-part ceiling painting for one of the main protagonists of this Disaster Year—the powerful former burgomaster of Amsterdam, Andries de Graeff. Technical examination ha...
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| description | In 1672, when the Dutch Republic was under simultaneous attack by four foreign armies, Gerard de Lairesse created a magnificent three-part ceiling painting for one of the main protagonists of this Disaster Year—the powerful former burgomaster of Amsterdam, Andries de Graeff. Technical examination has revealed that Lairesse repeatedly altered his composition and in no fewer than four successive stages, he changed, removed or added figures and objects. In this book, Margriet van Eikema Hommes, in search of an explanation for this ceiling painting’s intriguing origins, investigates its meaning and purpose. The painter and his patron prove to have been jointly responsible for the iconography, which they repeatedly updated to reflect military and political events in the Disaster Year and the dramatic twists of fate in De Graeff’s own life. This beautifully illustrated book not only situates the work within its cultural and historical context but also offers an in-depth examination of Lairesse’s painting technique and the way he meticulously designed his ceiling pieces in close dialogue with the architecture of the room. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1779862026-06-22T05:49:20Z Gerard de Lairesse and his Painted Heavens van Eikema Hommes, Margriet Gerard de Lairesse Andries de Graeff Disaster Year 1672 Ceiling paintings Interior decoration Dutch Golden Age thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDN Netherlands thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MG 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699::3MGQ Later 17th century c 1650 to c 1699 thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AF The Arts: art forms::AFC Paintings and painting thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGB Individual artists, art monographs thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history In 1672, when the Dutch Republic was under simultaneous attack by four foreign armies, Gerard de Lairesse created a magnificent three-part ceiling painting for one of the main protagonists of this Disaster Year—the powerful former burgomaster of Amsterdam, Andries de Graeff. Technical examination has revealed that Lairesse repeatedly altered his composition and in no fewer than four successive stages, he changed, removed or added figures and objects. In this book, Margriet van Eikema Hommes, in search of an explanation for this ceiling painting’s intriguing origins, investigates its meaning and purpose. The painter and his patron prove to have been jointly responsible for the iconography, which they repeatedly updated to reflect military and political events in the Disaster Year and the dramatic twists of fate in De Graeff’s own life. This beautifully illustrated book not only situates the work within its cultural and historical context but also offers an in-depth examination of Lairesse’s painting technique and the way he meticulously designed his ceiling pieces in close dialogue with the architecture of the room. 2026-06-22T05:49:18Z 2026-06-22T05:49:18Z 2026-06-21T08:53:18Z 2026 book book ONIX_20260621T103019_9789463724876_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114118 9789463724876 9789048555635 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177986 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114118/1/9789463724876.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463724876 10.5117/9789463724876 de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 9789463724876 9789048555635 384 Amsterdam open access |
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