Artist: Pieter van Laer, Dutch, 1599-c. 1642

Pieter van Laer was a Dutch painter and printmaker active in Rome for over a decade and depicted genre scenes, animal paintings and landscapes placed in the environs of Rome. He was an active member of the association of Flemish and Dutch artists in Rome known as the Bentvueghels. He introduced a style of genre painting followed by other Northern and Italian painters, known as the Bamboccianti, after van Laer’s nickname Il Bamboccio. (Source Wikipedia)

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Esaias van de Velde