Pieter van Laer
Pieter Bodding van Laer or Pietro Vuandher (* between 1592 and 1599 in Laaren near Haarlem ; † 1642 there ) was a Dutch painter and engraver . He was in Rome for more than a decade and was known for his genre scenes, animal images, and landscapes around Rome. Il Bamboccio was his nickname .
Life
Laer could possibly have been a student of Esaias van de Velde . After a study trip through France , he went to Italy with his brother Roelant and settled in Rome . It can be assumed that van Laer was already familiar with the diversity of the soldier theme, i.e. the military genre , before he left for Rome in 1625/26 . Van Laer remained true to his origins thematically; but his style soon shows the influence of the new artistic environment. The popularity of his works is based above all on his witty and ironic play with heroic, antiquated imagery.
In Rome he made the acquaintance of the painters Claude Lorrain , Nicolas Poussin and Joachim von Sandrart . On the other hand, Laer also founded the style of the Bambocciade , named after its exterior ("bamboccio" = rag doll). Colleagues like Michelangelo Cerquozzi , Viviano Codazzi or Michiel Sweerts were able to get excited about these sometimes very rough scenes from popular life.
After 16 years in Italy, he returned to Haarlem in 1639. He died there in 1642.
In addition to his oil paintings, which are almost entirely attributed to the Bambocciade style, about 20 etchings are known. In these, the subjects can also be found in rural scenes, but with the focus on animals.
Works (selection)
- Man with a white horse
- Assault on a transport of goods , 1636/38, oil on canvas, 74 × 98 cm, Naples , Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara
- Returning from the pasture
- The great lime kiln
- Bandit den
- Horsemen in front of the sutlery
Literature (selection)
- Giulia Briganti et al. a .: The Bamboccianti. The painters of everyday life in 17th century Rome . Bozzi, Rome 1983, ISBN 88-7003-010-3 .
- David A. Levine: The Art of the Bamboccianti . Dissertation, Princeton University 1986.
- David A. Levine (Ed.): I bamboccianti. Dutch painter rebels in Baroque Rome . Wallfaf-Museum, Cologne 1991, ISBN 88-435-3604-4 .
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Laar, Peter van . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 461 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Passeri, Giovanni Battista: Die Künstlerbiographien, ed. by Jacob Hess, Leipzig / Vienna 1934, pp. 72–74.
- ↑ Pieter van Laer at the RKD
- ↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 148.
- ↑ Giovanni Battista Passeri : life of the painter, sculptor and architect who worked in Rome and died between the years 1641-1673 , translated from the Italian, Breitkopfischen bookstore, Dresden and Leipzig, 1786, p 347ff. ( online at the University Library Weimar )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laer, Pieter van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Il Bamboccio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1592 and 1599 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laaren near Haarlem |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1642 |
| Place of death | Laaren near Haarlem |