WERFF, Adriaen van der
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1659-1722 Dutch painter and draughtsman. He was apprenticed to the portrait painter Cornelis Picolet (1626-79) from 1668 to 1670 and then from c.1671 to 1676 to Eglon van der Neer in Rotterdam. From 1676 van der Werff produced small portraits and genre paintings as an independent master; the Cook and Hunter at a Window (1678; New York, priv. col.; see Gaethgens, no. 2) and Man and Woman Seated at a Table (1678; St Petersburg, Hermitage) perpetuate the thematic and stylistic traditions of Gerrit Dou, Gabriel Metsu, Frans van Mieris and Gerard ter Borch (ii) but are distinguished by their greater elegance and richness of costume and interior. Van der Werff's portraits date mainly from the years 1680-95 (e.g. Two Children with a Guinea-pig and a Kitten (1681; London, Buckingham Pal., Royal Col.)). The motif of children with animals recalls van der Neer, while the careful depiction of fabrics recalls the Leiden school of 'Fine' painters. His Portrait of a Man in a Quilted Gown (1685; London, N.G.) resembles compositions by Caspar Netscher and Nicolaes Maes: a figure leaning against a balustrade, before a landscape. Van der Werff's work is, however, more elegant, in part because of the depiction of fabrics, but also because of the inclusion for the first time of Classical sculpture, in this case the Farnese Flora

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WERFF, Adriaen van der Children Playing before a Hercules Group oil painting


Children Playing before a Hercules Group
1687 Oil on panel, 46,8 x 35 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID::  7199
WERFF, Adriaen van der
Children Playing before a Hercules Group
1687 Oil on panel, 46,8 x 35 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
   
   
     

WERFF, Adriaen van der Holy Family oil painting


Holy Family
1714 Oil on panel, 36 x 29 cm Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam
Painting ID::  7200
WERFF, Adriaen van der
Holy Family
1714 Oil on panel, 36 x 29 cm Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam
   
   
     

WERFF, Adriaen van der Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine of Pfalz oil painting


Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine of Pfalz
1700 Oil on canvas, 76 x 54 cm Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim
Painting ID::  7201
WERFF, Adriaen van der
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine of Pfalz
1700 Oil on canvas, 76 x 54 cm Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim
   
   
     

WERFF, Adriaen van der Maria Anna Loisia de Medici oil painting


Maria Anna Loisia de Medici
1700 Oil on canvas 77 x 53 cm Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim
Painting ID::  7202
WERFF, Adriaen van der
Maria Anna Loisia de Medici
1700 Oil on canvas 77 x 53 cm Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim
   
   
     

WERFF, Adriaen van der Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham oil painting


Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham
1699 Oil on canvas, 76,3 x 61 cm Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim
Painting ID::  7203
WERFF, Adriaen van der
Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham
1699 Oil on canvas, 76,3 x 61 cm Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim
   
   
     

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     WERFF, Adriaen van der
     Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1659-1722 Dutch painter and draughtsman. He was apprenticed to the portrait painter Cornelis Picolet (1626-79) from 1668 to 1670 and then from c.1671 to 1676 to Eglon van der Neer in Rotterdam. From 1676 van der Werff produced small portraits and genre paintings as an independent master; the Cook and Hunter at a Window (1678; New York, priv. col.; see Gaethgens, no. 2) and Man and Woman Seated at a Table (1678; St Petersburg, Hermitage) perpetuate the thematic and stylistic traditions of Gerrit Dou, Gabriel Metsu, Frans van Mieris and Gerard ter Borch (ii) but are distinguished by their greater elegance and richness of costume and interior. Van der Werff's portraits date mainly from the years 1680-95 (e.g. Two Children with a Guinea-pig and a Kitten (1681; London, Buckingham Pal., Royal Col.)). The motif of children with animals recalls van der Neer, while the careful depiction of fabrics recalls the Leiden school of 'Fine' painters. His Portrait of a Man in a Quilted Gown (1685; London, N.G.) resembles compositions by Caspar Netscher and Nicolaes Maes: a figure leaning against a balustrade, before a landscape. Van der Werff's work is, however, more elegant, in part because of the depiction of fabrics, but also because of the inclusion for the first time of Classical sculpture, in this case the Farnese Flora

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