Painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands (1641-1711)

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Eindelijk! De Lairesse : klassieke schoonheid in de Gouden Eeuw / redactie: Josien Beltman, Paul Knolle, Quirine van der Meer Mohr.

La curieuse destinée des planches anatomiques de Gérard de Lairesse, peintre en Holland : Lairesse, Bidloo, Cowper / par Dumaître ; avec la collaboration de Janine Samion-Contet ; preface du Marcel Florkin.

Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

Anatomia humani corporis / centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis, demonstrata.

Anatomia humani corporis, 105 tabulis / per ... G. de Lairesse ... delineatis, demonstrata.

The skin removed from the lower leg, exposing the muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

Muscles of the shoulder, upper and lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot, dissected and separated, with the tibia and fibula exposed. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams ... / uitgebeeld, naar het leeven ... door G. de Lairesse.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

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Gerard de Lairesse

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Anatomia humani corporis, 105 tabulis / per ... G. de Lairesse ... delineatis, demonstrata.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

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Gerard de Lairesse

Images from the collections

Images by Gerard de Lairesse

Works from the collections

Anatomia humani corporis, 105 tabulis / per ... G. de Lairesse ... delineatis, demonstrata.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Frequent collaborators

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