The Kiss of Peace and Justice

Gerard de Lairesseafter 1654

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Title: The Kiss of Peace and Justice
Creator: Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641-1711), Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606-1656)
Date Created: after 1654
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 37.7 x 44.2 cm (14 13/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
Provenance: M. -G. -T. de Villenave, Unidentified collector's initials (tertiary support, lower left, inscribed in black ink). Unidentified collector's stamp (tertiary support [folded over and attached to verso], lower right, in black ink). Marie-Guillaume-Thérèse de Villenave, Paris (Lugt 2598, not stamped); [sold: Société de l'Alliance des Arts (Lugt 61, in blue ink), 1-8 December, 1842, lot 501, 13 francs and 50 centimes]; Monsieur de Sesmaisons, Paris(?) (not in Lugt)
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.216
Medium: red chalk; double framing lines in black ink over graphite
Inscriptions: signed, lower left, in brown ink: G.... De Leiresse. f ; VERSO OF QUINTERNARY SUPPORT, along left edge, in white chalk: [illegible] 213/3[illegible]
Department: Drawings
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Gift of Cyril Humphris
Collection: DR - Dutch
Accession Number: 1972.216

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