Gerard de Lairesse, 1680 - Mercury Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus - fine art print

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During his wanderings, Odysseus encounters the nymph Calypso, who falls in love with him and holds him captive on her island. Jupiter then sends Mercury to command her to let Odysseus return to his wife. Lairesse made this painting, together with several other works representing exemplary love and devotion, for Mary Stuart’s apartments in Soestdijk Palace.

About the over 340 years old painting

This 17th century artpiece was painted by the baroque painter Gerard de Lairesse in 1680. Today, the work of art can be viewed in in the art collection of Rijksmuseum, which is the largest museum for Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day. With courtesy of: Rijksmuseum (licensed - public domain).The creditline of the artpiece is: . Moreover, alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Gerard de Lairesse was a male engraver, painter, art historian, decorator, whose style can be classified as Baroque. The painter lived for a total of 70 years and was born in 1641 in Liege, Liege province, Wallonia, Belgium and deceased in 1711.

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