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Roeland van Laer (1598 – after 1635), was a

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landscape painter.

Biography

Roeland van Laer was born in

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. According to Houbraken who quoted the Haarlem writer Theodorus Schrevelius, Roeland and his brother Pieter travelled together to Italy, and Roeland died in Genua.Roeland van Laer Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Pieter returned home alone to Haarlem after his brother died. In his biographical sketch about his brother Pieter, Houbraken quoted Joachim von Sandrart who said that Laer had a younger brother who had travelled with him and took to painting cliffs and river valleys, and this brother died with his mule when they were crossing a bridge over a ravine one day and it collapsed.Pieter van Laer Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh'' According to the RKD he was the brother of Pieter and Nicolaes.Roeland van Laer
in the RKD He travelled to Rome in 1626-1629 and was in Genoa during the years 1635-1640, and is known for landscapes.

References

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