Gérard’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Holy Trinity, Ceiling of the Church of Val-de-Grâce
Gérard Audran (French, 1640–1703) after Pierre Mignard (French, 1612–1695)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Hyacinthe Rigaud
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Crispin
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Theodorus Netscher (Dutch, born France, 1661-1732)

Pierre de Montarsis
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Antoine Coypel (French, 1661-1722)

Lamentation over the Body of Christ
Gerard David (Netherlandish, c. 1460–1523)

Moïse
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623-1678) after Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602-1674)

Portrait of Thomas Bulwer
Gerard van Soest (Dutch, c. 1605–1681)

The Music Lesson
Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, 1617-1681)

Holy Family of Jesus Christ
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Philippe de Champaigne
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602-1674)

The Death of Dido
School of Gerard de Lairesse Flemish, 1640-1711

The Triumph of Silenus
Gerard van Opstal (Flemish, c. 1597–1668)

Charles d'Hozier, King's Genealogist
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Charles I, King of England
Benoît Audran I (French, 1661-1721) after Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch, 1659-1722)

Le Dejeuner Anglais (The English Breakfast)
Gérard Vidal (French, 1742-1801) after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737-1807)

Study for Simeon and Levi Slay the Sichemites, from Figures de la Bible
Gerard Hoet, I Dutch, 1648-1733

Pierre Simon, Engraver
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Pierre Simon (French, c. 1650-1710)

The Annunciation
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665) published by Nicolas Pitau (French, born Flanders, 1632-1671)

The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months
After a design by Claude III Audran (1658–1734), 1708–09 Woven at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins France, Paris