Pieter Van Laer

Pieter van Laer (or Pieter Bodding van Laer) (Christened 14 December 1599 – c. 1642) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre scenes, active for over a decade in Rome, where his nickname was Il Bamboccio. Artists working in his style became known as the Bamboccianti.

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