Laurent de La Hyre (1606–1656)

• Was a French Baroque painter.
• He was born in Paris.
• He became a pupil of Georges Lallemand and studied the works of Primaticcio at Fontainebleau.
• He never visited Italy.
• In 1648, La Hyre was one of the founders of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
• He was elected as one of the original twelve elders in charge of its running.
• Richelieu called La Hyre to the Palais Royal; Pierre Séguier, Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux and many others entrusted him with important works of decoration.
• La Hyre painted also a great number of portraits, and in 1654 united in one work for the town-hall of Paris those of the principal dignitaries of the municipality.
• His students included François Chauveau.
• The displayed panting is a crop from: Allegory of Grammar, 1650.
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Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Grammar, 1650

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018/19.

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Grammar, 1650

Laurent de La Hyre, Diana and Her Nymphs in a Landscape, 1644

Original, The J. Paul Getty Museum. Visited in 2018.

Laurent de La Hyre, Diana and Her Nymphs in a Landscape, 1644

Laurent de La Hyre, The Assumption, c. 1653/55

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Laurent de La Hyre, The Assumption, c. 1653/55

Laurent de La Hyre, The Kiss of Peace and Justice, 1654

Original, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Laurent de La Hyre, The Kiss of Peace and Justice, 1654

Laurent de La Hyre, The Finding of Moses, between 1647 and 1650

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Laurent de La Hyre, The Finding of Moses, between 1647 and 1650

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Music, 1649

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Music, 1649

Laurent de La Hyre, Adonis dead, with his dog, around 1624-1628

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, Adonis dead, with his dog, around 1624-1628

Laurent de La Hyre, The Blindness of the Inhabitants of Sodom, 1639

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, The Blindness of the Inhabitants of Sodom, 1639

Laurent de La, The Virgin and Child, 1642

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La, The Virgin and Child, 1642

Laurent de La Hyre, Landscape with Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, around 1645

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, Landscape with Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, around 1645

Laurent de La Hyre, Appearance of Jesus to the three Marys, around 1653 - 1654

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, Appearance of Jesus to the three Marys, around 1653 - 1654

Laurent de La Hyre, The Assumption, 1635

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, The Assumption, 1635

Laurent de La, Pope Nicholas V, in 1449, had the vault of St. Francis of Assisi opened, 1630

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La, Pope Nicholas V, in 1449, had the vault of St. Francis of Assisi opened, 1630

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Arithmetic, 1650

Original, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Arithmetic, 1650

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Grammar, 1650

Original, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Visited in 2021.

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Grammar, 1650

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Geometry, 1649

Original, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Visited in 2022.

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Geometry, 1649