Gerard de Lairesse and his Painted Heavens
Iconography, Style and Technique in the Art of Ceiling Painting
Series: Studies in Early Modernity in The Netherlands;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Amsterdam University Press
- Date of Publication 7 July 2026
- ISBN 9789463724876
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 280x240 mm
- Weight 2000 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 268 Illustrations, color 693
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Long 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.
Table of Contents:
Foreword 9
INTRODUCTION
De Lairesse as a ceiling painter
1 A MATTER OF FREEDOM. THE CHANGES TO AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DE GRAEFF?S CEILING PAINTING - Margriet van Eikema Hommes and Tatjana van Run
2 A CHANGEABLE SKY. PICTORIAL ASPECTS AND THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OF LAIRESSE?S CEILING PAINTINGS
3 LAIRESSE?S TECHNIQUE FOR CEILING PAINTINGS
CONCLUDING REMARKS
APPENDIX - THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OF THE CEILING PAINTINGS AT HERENGRACHT
APPENDIX 2 - THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OF THE CEILING PAINTINGS IN THE LEPROZENHUIS
APPENDIX 3 - THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OF DIANA AND HER COMPANIONS
APPENDIX 4 - THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OF ALLEGORY OF DAWN
APPENDIX 5 - THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OF Trompe -l?oeil Stone Relief with Oculus and Fame
notes
EXPLANATION OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
IMAGE SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
About the Author
Index
