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A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.

A man performing a painful operation on a woman's tooth. Oil painting by Pieter van Laer, 16--.

Men sitting or lying on the hillside outside the walls of a city, playing cards. Engraving after P. van Laer (?).

A hunter with seven dogs. Etching by W. A. Delamotte after P. van Laer.

Three horses inside a derelict stable: one is eating from a raised trough, another is urinating and a third one is being groomed by a stablehand. Etching after P. van Laer.

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Pieter van Laer

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Images by Pieter van Laer

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A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.

A hunter with seven dogs. Etching by W. A. Delamotte after P. van Laer.

Men sitting or lying on the hillside outside the walls of a city, playing cards. Engraving after P. van Laer (?).

Three horses inside a derelict stable: one is eating from a raised trough, another is urinating and a third one is being groomed by a stablehand. Etching after P. van Laer.

A man performing a painful operation on a woman's tooth. Oil painting by Pieter van Laer, 16--.