A Master of Parisian Atticism Laurent de La Hyre stands as a luminous figure in the history of French art, a painter whose brush captured the transition from the dramatic intensity of the Baroque to the refined elegance of the neoclassical style known as Parisian Atticism. Born in Paris, his life and work were deeply rooted in the cultural atmosphere of his home city. Though he never traveled to Italy, the spirit of the Italian Renaissance permeated his studio through the presence of foreign masters in Paris and his dedicated study of works like those of Primaticcio at Fontainebleau. This co…