Minneapolis Institute of Art
Two Horsemen Fighting
Pieter van LaerLinkedCulture matchlcp-d2342cb232e0
- Date
- 17th century
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 105784
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Peter van Laer was active in Rome and nicknamed Il Bamboccio or clumsy doll due to his unusual build. Van Laer invented a popular new artistic genre—bambocciata—representing, on a small scale, lowlife scenes set in taverns and on the street of soldiers and blacksmiths fighting or playing cards. Van Laer had many followers in Italy and his prints, of which Two Fighting Horseman is representative, are relatively rare. Netherlands, Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of John E. Andrus III
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