Brief Biography-Laurent de la Hire was born in Paris in 1606. His father, Etienne de La Hire, a historical painter, first trained him, followed by Georges Lallemand. The mannerist artist Francesco Primaticcio influenced him along with Orazio Gentileschi. The Capuchin monks commissioned several works from him. He was a founder of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and became one of its twelve elders. One of his many famous paintings is Saint Peter Healing the Sick in the Louvre. Laurent’s late paintings were mainly landscapes. He died in Paris in 1556.