Circle Of Peter Van Laer Il Bamboccio 17th.Century Dutch School Red Chalk Drawing

Circle Of Peter Van Laer Il Bamboccio 17th.Century Dutch School Red Chalk DrawingCircle of Pieter Van Laer 1599 1642 Dutch School 17th. Century Red chalk drawing Circa. 1630. 14. 5 by 15. 2 cms. Van Laer was a Dutch born artist who spent most of his career in Rome. Nicknamed 'il Bamboccio' (the clumsy one) after a physical deformity. He was one of the leaders of the Schildersbent, a Guild established by the Netherlandish painters in Rome to protect their interests. Van Laer was the first artist to specialise in scenes of street

2 cms image

Some mount and age discoloration to no real detriment

Italian School 19th

She died in Brussels on 10 April 1865

Liverpool and Bath

Portrait drawing of Miss Elizabeth Robertson of Edinburgh

Figures washing laundry at a fountain

Laid down on to acid free card surface retouching and repairs

near Cherbourg

or for the occasional gratification of his own pride

Signed inscribed and dated lower right Xmas 1928

through which he is best known