''Paulus Lesire'' (1611–1654) was a Dutch painter who specialised in history paintings and portraits. Born in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

, he was the son of a decorative painter and glass-artist from

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

. 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 Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...

, to which Lesire moved towards the end of his life and where he died.

Sources

*https://archive.org/stream/oudholland06docugoog/oudholland06docugoog_djvu.txt *http://explore.rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/49577 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lesire, Paulus 1611 births 1654 deaths Artists from Dordrecht 17th-century Dutch painters