1640 - 1711
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 167,332 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gerard de Lairesse is the 1,255th most popular painter (down from 1,045th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 383rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular Belgian Painter.
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Among painters, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 1,255 out of 1,421. Before him are George Catlin, Agnes Martin, Antonio Berni, Edward Robert Hughes, Paul César Helleu, and Apollinary Vasnetsov. After him are Joseph Duplessis, Wojciech Gerson, Karin Bergöö Larsson, Pavel Filonov, Milena Pavlović-Barili, and Fanny Brate.
1796 - 1872
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 1,249
1912 - 2004
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 1,250
1905 - 1981
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 1,251
1851 - 1914
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,252
1859 - 1927
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,253
1856 - 1933
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,254
1640 - 1711
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,255
1725 - 1802
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 1,256
1831 - 1901
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 1,257
1859 - 1928
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 1,258
1883 - 1941
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 1,259
1909 - 1945
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 1,260
1861 - 1940
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 1,261
Among people born in 1640, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 20. Before him are Mariana Alcoforado, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Willem de Vlamingh, Georg Mohr, Jacques Ozanam, and Claude Fleury. After him are Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Mayow, Yohannes I, and William Wycherley. Among people deceased in 1711, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 14. Before him are Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Vladimir Atlasov, Joseph Vaz, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Eusebio Kino, and Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 14
1640 - 1709
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 15
1640 - 1698
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 16
1640 - 1697
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 17
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 18
1640 - 1723
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 19
1640 - 1711
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 20
1640 - 1660
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 21
1640 - 1709
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 22
1640 - 1679
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 23
1640 - 1682
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 24
1640 - 1716
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 25
1660 - 1711
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 8
1661 - 1711
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 9
1651 - 1711
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 10
1648 - 1711
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 11
1645 - 1711
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 12
1669 - 1711
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 13
1640 - 1711
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 14
Among people born in Belgium, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 438 out of 1,019. Before him are Katherine Swynford (1350), Herman Van Springel (1943), Briek Schotte (1919), Edouard Van Beneden (1846), Tony Parker (1982), and Simon Bening (1483). After him are Victor Boin (1886), Sœur Emmanuelle (1908), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Axel Witsel (1989), Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), and Solange Berry (1932).
1350 - 1403
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 432
1943 - 2022
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 433
1919 - 2004
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 434
1846 - 1910
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 435
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 436
1483 - 1561
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 437
1640 - 1711
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 438
1886 - 1974
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 439
1908 - 2008
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 440
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 441
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 442
1869 - 1951
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 443
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 444
Among painters born in Belgium, Gerard de Lairesse ranks 77. Before him are Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662), Justus Sustermans (1597), Eugène Boch (1855), Gustaaf Wappers (1803), Michiel Sweerts (1618), and Simon Bening (1483). After him are Constant Permeke (1886), Hieronymus Cock (1518), Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), Adam van Noort (1562), Jan Fabre (1958), and Jacques d'Arthois (1613).
1662 - 1749
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 71
1597 - 1681
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 72
1855 - 1941
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 73
1803 - 1874
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 74
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 75
1483 - 1561
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 76
1640 - 1711
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 77
1886 - 1952
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 78
1518 - 1570
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 79
1626 - 1679
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 80
1562 - 1641
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 81
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 82
1613 - 1686
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 83