Gerard de Lairesse

Bacchus and Ariadne



Gerard de Lairesse - Bacchus and Ariadne



Gerard de Lairesse
Bacchus and Ariadne
68.5 x 51 cm
Oil on canvas
Faintly signed lower left: G. Lairesse
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Gift of Mrs. Edgar P. Richardson


Literature

Peter C. Sutton, Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1990, nr. 57


Provenance

Possibly Dr. Johan Pieter Wierman
possibly sale, Wierman, Amsterdam, 18 August 1762, nr. 5
Countess van Lynden, who lent it to the Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1901-3
with A. Nijstad & Zn, Lochem, Netherlands, by 1946, sold to Richardson 23 July 1955
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar P. Richardson, Philadelphia
Constance (Mrs. Edgar P.) Richardson
gift to PMA, 1986

External links

Philadelphia Museum of Art Accession number 1986-83-1

Other works by Gerard de Lairesse


Gerard de Lairesse Allegory of Dawn
Allegory of Dawn
1673 - 1677

Gerard de Lairesse The Glorification of Stadholder-King William III (1650-1702)
The Glorification of Stadholder-King William III (1650-1702)

Gerard de Lairesse Apollo and Aurora
Apollo and Aurora
1671

Gerard de Lairesse Diana and Endymion
Diana and Endymion
c. 1680

Gerard de Lairesse Venus giving weapons to Aeneas
Venus giving weapons to Aeneas
1668