Barent Graat - Artist Info

About Barent Graat

  • Biography

    Barend Graat was a Dutch painter from Amsterdam who specialized in genre, historical scenes, and portraits. His early works were Italianate landscapes in the style of P. de Laer, who was also known as 'Il Bamboccio'. Van Laer's work gave rise to an entirely new genre of painting called the Bamboccianti, although Graat never visited Italy himself. Graat's work falls under the Bamboccianti school, and he is known for his genre scenes, historical scenes, and portraits.

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