Van Kalraet was born and died in Dordrecht. He learned to paint from his brother Abraham, and he later became a pupil of Aelbert Cuyp.^[1] He changed his style several times, and in later life took to painting Rhine landscapes in the manner of Herman Saftleven.^[1] He was still painting when Houbraken was writing his book, but it was more a hobby than a business for him.^[1]

He resided throughout his life in Dordrecht, and made copies after the landscape artists Cuyp and Saftleven, but also Jan Both, Cornelis van Poelenburch, Philip Wouwerman and Willem de Heusch.^[2]

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