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Gerard de Lairesse

1640 - 1711

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Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ də lɛʁɛs]; 11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and French classicist painters such as Charles le Brun, Simon Vouet and authors such as Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard de Lairesse has received more than 179,405 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gerard de Lairesse is the 1,299th most popular painter (down from 1,254th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 438th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Belgian Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 1,299 out of 2,023. Before him are Francesco Zuccarelli, Pieter Boel, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Maria Wodzińska, Boris Yefimov, and M. F. Husain. After him are Virginie Demont-Breton, Philip Guston, Marlene Dumas, On Kawara, Giovanni Santi, and Godfried Schalcken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 18. Before him are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Abraham Mignon, Philippe de La Hire, Mariana Alcoforado, Jacques Ozanam, and Willem de Vlamingh. After him are Claude Fleury, Georg Mohr, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Mayow, and Yohannes I. Among people deceased in 1711, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 12. Before him are Louis-François de Boufflers, Maria Amalia of Courland, Vladimir Atlasov, Joseph Vaz, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Eusebio Kino. After him are Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, and Peter Schenk the Elder.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 471 out of 1,190. Before him are Gustaaf Wappers (1803), Ferdinand de Marsin (1656), Jean Duvieusart (1900), Georges Vantongerloo (1886), Pieter Boel (1622), and Arno (1949). After him are Olivier Gendebien (1924), Joseph Lebeau (1794), Joseph Mermans (1922), Giaches de Wert (1535), Romain Maes (1912), and David Vinckboons (1576).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 92. Before him are Louis Gallait (1810), Constant Permeke (1886), Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662), Gustaaf Wappers (1803), Georges Vantongerloo (1886), and Pieter Boel (1622). After him are David Vinckboons (1576), Jacob de Gheyn II (1565), Adam van Noort (1562), Jan Theuninck (1954), Simon Bening (1483), and Jan Fabre (1958).

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