DETAILS
- Artist
- Gerard de Lairesse
- Date
- 1662
- Location
- Liege Fine Arts Museum
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
Stand in front of it and listen
The full narration walks you through Descente d'Orphée aux enfers, by Gérard de Lairesse — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Gerard de Lairesse
Gerard de Lairesse, the 'Dutch Poussin,' transitioned from Rembrandt's influence to a grand Baroque style, becoming a leading art theorist despite blindness.
KEEP EXPLORING
More works to explore
Beyond de Lairesse: works from the same years.
Same era · 1640s–1670s
View of Delft
Johannes Vermeer · 1661 · Mauritshuis
Same era · 1640s–1670s
Juno
Rembrandt · 1663 · Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
Same era · 1640s–1670s
Frans Hals (1582/83–1666)
Frans Hals · 1650 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1640s–1670s
Portrait of a woman, possibly Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1634-1663)
Salomon Duarte · 1661 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
Same era · 1640s–1670s
Resurrection of Christ
Samuel van Hoogstraten · 1665 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1640s–1670s
The Music Lesson
Gerard ter Borch the Younger · 1670 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1640s–1670s
A lady holding a crucifix
Willem van der Vliet · 1650
Same era · 1640s–1670s
The Denial of Saint Peter
Georges de La Tour · 1650 · Nantes Museum of Arts
Same era · 1640s–1670s
The Fall of the Giants
Jacob Jordaens · 1663 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1640s–1670s
The wedding party
Jan Steen · 1660 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Same era · 1640s–1670s
Bouquet of flowers in a glass vase
Jan van Kessel the Elder · 1659 · Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum
Same era · 1640s–1670s
Portrait of Edouard Molé
Robert Nanteuil · 1653 · Art Institute of Chicago