Pieter van Laer

(1613–1642) nederländsk konstnär

Pieter van Laer (1613–1642) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Pieter van Laer belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Pieter van Laer was born in Haarlem and died in Haarlem. Pieter van Laer worked in Rome, Haarlem, and Haarlem. Wikidata associates Pieter van Laer with Baroque. Pieter van Laer became a member of Bentvueghels.

The best-known works include ‘Landscape with Hunters’, ‘Harvesting the Vines’, and ‘A shepherd and washerwomen at a spring’. The works belong mainly to the genres genre painting and history painting. The catalogue has 36 works by Pieter van Laer with free images. The dated works span the years 1620–1700. Works by Pieter van Laer are held by several collections, among them Christ Church College, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Nationalmuseum, and Rijksmuseum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Lubin Baugin, Joannes Meyssens, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Gerard Dou, and François Chauveau.

• The Baroque
• Self Portrait with a Magic Scene