The world of Pieter van LaerTravelers, shepherds, inns and Roman ruins make Pieter van Laer, known as Bamboccio, the inventor of popular European realism.
1599 - to or after 1642Life and career
Haarlem, Rome, Bentvueghels, Italian countryside and international bambocciate marketMain homes
Bambocciata, popular scene, Italianate landscape, inn, shepherd, traveler, animal, oil on canvas, etching, memory, naturalism and ruinPractical
300 °CPaintings, bambocciate, landscapes, drawings, etchings, studies, lost versions, inventions and works created, overall estimate
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1599 - to or after 1642 · Haarlem and Rome
Travelers, shepherds, inns and Roman ruins make Pieter van Laer, known as Bamboccio, the inventor of popular European realism.
Pieter Bodding van Laer was born in Haarlem in 1599 and disappeared around or after 1642. Probably trained by Esaias van de Velde, he went to Rome with his brother Roeland and was documented there from 1625. Among the Bentvueghels, a community of Nordic artists, his appearance earned him the nickname Bamboccio, "rag doll". This nickname will give its name to bambocciate, small naturalistic scenes devoted to Italian popular life. Van Laer paints travelers, soldiers, artisans, beggars, animals, inns and camps on the margins of Rome. The ancient ruins no longer only serve as a noble setting: they house a farrier, a herd or a stopover. His method, described as precise, relies largely on memory rather than direct study; very few drawings are known. Le Départ de l'hôtellerie observes the moment when men, horses and luggage set the journey in motion again. Les Pâtres, with a woman milking a goat and a flute player, transformed a rustic action into a sensitive scene of rhythm and light. Returning to Haarlem in 1639, Van Laer is said to have left the town again around 1642; its end remains unknown. Around thirty paintings are now attributed to him with certainty, to which are added around twenty small etchings. His influence was considerable on Jan Miel, Cerquozzi, Lingelbach, Asselijn, Dujardin, Berchem and all Italianate genre painting. The "Pieter van Laer" selection notably compares Le Départ de l’hôtellerie and Les Pâtres. His reading favors movement.
Van Laer looks at Rome from the side of the road: ruin becomes a workshop, the inn becomes a theater and ordinary life takes on the dignity of a modern subject.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Haarlem and legacy of Esaias van de Velde
Landscape, drawing and observation of figures prepare an attentive look at modest activities. This milestone sheds light on the "Pieter van Laer" collection by favoring movement.
Rome, Bentvueghels and birth of bambocciate
Inns, artisans, shepherds and ruins impose a new realism on Italian popular life.
Return to Haarlem and disappearance
A brief presence in the North precedes an uncertain new beginning, while his language spreads among many followers.
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Ordinary Rome
The ancient city is observed from its paths, taverns and workplaces rather than from its ceremonies. This trait guides a reading of "Pieter van Laer" centered on movement.
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Daily gesture
Milking, charging, walking or playing music gives the scene its narrative rhythm.
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Animal partner
Horse, goat or dog structures the action and connects the characters to the terrain.
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Small, influential format
A concentrated composition can widely circulate a new type of popular subject.
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Six readings specific to Pieter van Laer
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Pieter van Laer.
Travel and popular life01
Departure from the hotel industry
Men, mounts and luggage transform an ordinary departure into a dense scene of movement and observation.
Landmark work by Pieter van Laer. Reading of "Pieter van Laer" through movement.Naturalist pastoralist02
The Pastres
The milking, the flute and the animal presence give rustic life a concrete simplicity, far from academic idyll.
Landmark work by Pieter van LaerStyle03
Ordinary Rome
The ancient city is observed from its paths, taverns and workplaces rather than from its ceremonies. This trait guides a reading of "Pieter van Laer" centered on movement.
Reading key for Pieter van LaerStyle04
Daily gesture
Milking, charging, walking or playing music gives the scene its narrative rhythm.
Reading key for Pieter van LaerStyle05
Animal partner
Horse, goat or dog structures the action and connects the characters to the terrain.
Reading key for Pieter van LaerStyle06
Small, influential format
A concentrated composition can widely circulate a new type of popular subject.
Reading key for Pieter van Laer
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