Various animals. Plate 2. Three horses on pasture next to a lake., Pieter van Laer, artist, 1636, Italy, etching, Pieter van Laer (1599-1642) was a Dutch painter, active for much of his career (1625-39) in Rome. There he was nicknamed Il Bamboccio (Little clumsy one) on account of his physical disability. According to Joachim van Sandrart, he had long legs, a short trunk and no neck. He was one of the leaders of a fraternal organisation set up by Netherlandish artists in Rome to protect their interests.
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Various animals, Plate 2, Three horses, pasture next, lake, Pieter van Laer, artist, 1636, Italy, etching, Pieter van Laer, 1599-1642, Dutch painter, active, career, 1625-39, Rome, nicknamed Il Bamboccio, Little clumsy, account, physical disability, According, Joachim van Sandrart, long legs, short trunk, no neck, leaders, fraternal organisation set up, Netherlandish artists, Rome, protect, interests
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