DETAILS
- Artist
- Adriaen van der Werff
- Date
- 1678
- Location
- Johnny Van Haeften Gallery
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THE ARTIST
Adriaen van der Werff
1659–1722 · Dutch RepublicAdriaen van der Werff, a Dutch master, rose from Rotterdam to become court painter to the Elector Palatine, captivating European royalty with his refined Baroque scenes.
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Further Works by van der Werff
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Venus and Cupid
1684 · Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Venus and Cupid
1699 · Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Shepherd and shepherdess
1706 · Galleria Sabauda
The Annunciation
1706 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
Adam and Eve
1711 · Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Penitent Magdalene
1712 · Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Venus and Cupid
1716 · Czartoryski Museum
Tancred's servant presenting the heart of Guiscard in a golden cup to Guismond
1678 · Fitzwilliam Museum
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More works to explore
Beyond van der Werff: works from the same years.
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The Art of Painting
Johannes Vermeer · 1667 · Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse
Rembrandt · 1663 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1660s–1690s
Sofia Augusta, 1663-1694, prinsessa av Anhalt-Zerbst hertiginna av Sachsen-Weimar
Salomon Duarte · 1670 · Nationalmuseum
Same era · 1660s–1690s
The Music Lesson
Gerard ter Borch the Younger · 1670 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1660s–1690s
Resurrection of Christ
Samuel van Hoogstraten · 1665 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1660s–1690s
The fable of the bear and the bees
Jan van Kessel the Elder · 1672
Same era · 1660s–1690s
The Fall of the Giants
Jacob Jordaens · 1663 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1660s–1690s
Still-Life with Hunting Equipment and Dead Birds
Willem van Aelst · 1668 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer · 1688 · Art Institute of Chicago
