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Artist Designing After Nature
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Painting ID::  71652
Visit European Gallery 		  ca. 1651(1651) Oil on cradled panel 27.9 x 45.4 cm (10.98 x 17.87 in)

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CALRAET, Abraham van
      Dutch painter, Dordrecht school (b. 1642, Dordrecht, d. 1722, Dordrecht) Dutch painter. He was the eldest son of Pieter Jansz. van Calraet (c. 1620-81), a sculptor from Utrecht. According to Houbraken, Abraham was taught by the Dordrecht sculptors Aemilius and Samuel Huppe, although nothing is known of his activity as a sculptor. Houbraken also stated that Abraham learnt to paint figures and fruit and that his brother Barent van Calraet (1649-1737), who specialized at first in horse paintings but later imitated the Rhine landscapes of Herman Saftleven, was a pupil of Aelbert Cuyp (see CUYP, (3)). The known signed works by Barent confirm this. A painting of two horses in a stable, initialled APK (Rotterdam, Mus. Boymans-van Beuningen), indicates that Abraham, too, must have been well acquainted with Cuyp and provides the basis for identifying Abraham's painting style. A large number of landscapes with horses, paintings of livestock in stables and still-lifes, all initialled A.C. and formerly attributed to Aelbert Cuyp,
CALRAET, Abraham van Artist Designing After Nature USA oil painting artist


Artist Designing After Nature
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Painting ID::  72867
Visit European Gallery 		  Date ca. 1651(1651) Medium Oil on cradled panel Dimensions 27.9 X 45.4 cm (10.98 X 17.87 in) cyf

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