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<p>Largely forgotten today, De Lairesse was celebrated in his lifetime as a painter and advocate for an idealizing manner based on the study of classical antiquity. This work, likely destined to hang over the mantelpiece in a grand Amsterdam home, depicts the sun god consorting with the goddess of the dawn, a popular subject in French and Italian painting at the time. The attractively individualized young faces have led to speculation that they may be disguised portraits of a newly married couple.
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<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gerard_de_Lairesse" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gerard de Lairesse"><span title="painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands">Gerard de Lairesse</span></a>
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