Barent van Kalraet, or Barent Pietersz Calraat (16 August 1649 – 9 February 1737) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter and the younger brother of

Abraham Calraet Abraham van Calraet, or Kalraat (7–12 October 1642, Dordrecht – 11 June 1722, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. Biography He learned to paint from ''AEmilius'' and ''Samuel Hup'', or ''Huppe'', who were well known sculpt ...

Biography

Van Kalraet was born and died in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

. He learned to paint from his brother Abraham, and he later became a pupil of

Aelbert Cuyp Aelbert Jacobszoon Cuyp () (20 October 1620 – 15 November 1691) was one of the leading Dutch Golden Age painters, producing mainly landscapes. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (1594–1651 ...

.Barent van Kalraat 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 The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

He changed his style several times, and in later life took to painting Rhine landscapes in the manner of

Herman Saftleven Herman Saftleven the Younger (1609 - 5 January 1685 (buried)), was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Rotterdam, Saftleven lived most of his life (1632–1685) in Utrecht. His brothers, Cornelis Saftleven (1607–1681) ...

. He was still painting when Houbraken was writing his book, but it was more a hobby than a business for him. He resided throughout his life in Dordrecht, and made copies after the landscape artists Cuyp and Saftleven, but also

Jan Both Jan Dirksz Both (between 1610 and 1618 - August 9, 1652) was a Dutch people, Dutch painting, painter, Drawing, draughtsman, and etcher, who made an important contribution to the development of Dutch Italianate landscape painting. Biography Bo ...

Cornelis van Poelenburch Cornelis van Poelenburgh or Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594 – 12 August 1667),Cornelis van Poelenburch
...

Philip Wouwerman Philips Wouwerman (also Wouwermans) (24 May 1619 (baptized) – 19 May 1668) was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes. Life and work Philips Wouwerman was one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the Dutch Golden ...

and

Willem de Heusch Willem (or Guilliam) de Heusch (c. 16259 March 1692 (buried)) was a Dutch landscape painter and engraver.Trudy van Zadelhoff. "Heusch, Willem de." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 7 June 2016 Life Very little is ...

.Barent van Kalraet RKD entry
/ref>

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalraet, Barent van 1649 births 1737 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch landscape painters Artists from Dordrecht