Paulus Lesire
Illustration — Self-portrait of Lesire. Paulus Lesire (1611–1654) was a Dutch painter who specialised in history paintings and portraits. Paulus Lesire was born in Dordrecht, he was the son of a decorative painter and glass-artist from The Hague.
Also recorded as Paulus Lezier · P. Lesive · Lesire · P. Lesin
Paulus Lesire
Paulus Lesire · Public domain
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- 1611 · Dordrecht.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · printmaker · etcher · artist
- Fields
- portrait
- Teachers
- Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp
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Illustration — Self-portrait of Lesire. Paulus Lesire (1611–1654) was a Dutch painter who specialised in history paintings and portraits. Paulus Lesire was born in Dordrecht, he was the son of a decorative painter and glass-artist from The Hague.
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He trained as a painter in Dordrecht and was probably a pupil of Jacob Cuyp, joining the town's Guild of St Luke in 1631. On 10 September 1634 he married Lowize de Claar from the Hague and a few years later moved to the Hague with her. His composition and use of light seems to have been influenced by Rembrandt during the latter's time in Leiden, to which Lesire moved towards the end of his life and where he died.
Cuyp is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Dordrecht and The Hague. Work by Paulus Lesire is recorded in the collections of John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Flipje & Streekmuseum, Dordrechts Museum and Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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Den Haag - Museum Bredius - Paulus Lesire (1611 - c. 1656) - Portrait of a Young Lady 1636 - RAW Developing by DxO Photolab 4
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1611
Paulus Lesire born at Dordrecht.
1632
The sybill Cumana reading is dated 1632.
1641
Portrait of an unknown woman as the Persian princess Granida is dated 1641.
1641
Portrait of an unknown man as the shepherd Daifilo is dated 1641.
1650
Portrait of a man wearing a skull cap is dated 1650.
1652
Portrait of an unknown man is dated 1652.
1656
Paulus Lesire died at Leiden.
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Dordrecht.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3372849: Paulus Lesire
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- “Paulus Lesire”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Lesire, Paulus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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Lesire, Paulus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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