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LAAR, JAN HENDRIK VAN DE, born at Rotterdam, Jan. 1, 1807, died there, May 15, 1874. History and genre painter, pupil of Cornelis Bakker (born in 1771), and in Antwerp of Wappers; returned in 1830 and lived first at The Hague, afterwards at Rotterdam, whence he again visited Antwerp, spending there two years. Member of Amsterdam Academy in 1852, and professor. Works: Heroic Death of Herman de Ruyter (1840); Daughter craving her Father's Pardon (1842), New Pinakothek, Munich; Pilgrim returning from Holy Land; Fugitives Hiding; Alice (after Walter Scott); A Baptism in 1600; Salvator Rosa drawing Girl's Portrait; Wedding in 17th Century; Benvenuto Cellini in his Workshop; Jacob van Campen and the Fortune-Teller; Rembrandt's Journey; Adriaan van Ostade drawing from Nature; Erasmus in his Study; Retreat of the Waldenses; Protestant Service in 17th Century; Emigrants Ready to Start; Patriotic Women at Delft in 1573; Allegory on Engraving (1852); Resurrection; Two Allegories on Music representing Rotterdam in 1829 and the Netherlands in 1854 (1854); Benvenuto Cellini and Cosmo de' Medici (1859); Divorce Case, Rotterdam Museum.—Immerzeel, ii. 146; Kramm, iii. 929.

LAAR (Laer), PIETER VAN, called Bamboccio (cripple), born at Haarlem about 1600, died there after 1658. Dutch school; genre painter, pupil of Jan van Campen (1590?-1650); went with his brother Roeland about 1623 through France to Italy, and remained for sixteen years in Rome, living in friendly intercourse with Poussin, Claude Lorrain, and Sandrart, but going his own way in art, which differed widely from that of those masters. He avoided the ideal, and treated, with much humour and truthfulness, realistic subjects, such as scenes from Italian popular life, markets, jugglers, gypsies, etc.; also landscapes, finding many imitators, notably Cerquozzi and Jan Miel, so that the "bambocciate" formed a special branch in art. His nickname was given him partly on account of his deformity, partly for his