Good impression on laid paper. Apollo seated holding up a clenched right fist, his head circled by a nimbus. c.1670/5 Print made by: Gérard de Lairesse Published by: Nicolaes Visscher II Published by: Gerard Valck A plate in an edition of the 'Opus Elegantissimum', published by Valk Bibliographic references Timmers 1942 / Gérard Lairesse (21) 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. His importance grew in the period following the death of Rembrandt. His treatises on painting and drawing, Grondlegginge Ter Teekenkonst (1701),based on geometry and Groot Schilderboek (1707), were highly influential on 18th-century painters. Condition is good. Some foxing.