Pieter Bodding van Laer (1599 - 1642-54)

• Was a Dutch painter and printmaker.
• He was active in Rome for over a decade.
• Van Laer was known for genre scenes, animal paintings and landscapes placed in the environs of Rome.
• Pieter van Laer was an active member of the association of Flemish and Dutch artists in Rome known as the Bentvueghels.
• His nickname in this group ("bent name") was Il Bamboccio.
• The style of genre painting he introduced was followed by other Northern and Italian painters.
• These followers became known as the Bamboccianti.
• A painting in this style as a Bambocciata.
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