Adriaen van der Werff
(1659–1722) Dutch painter (1659–1722)
Adriaen van der Werff (1659–1722) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Adriaen van der Werff belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Adriaen van der Werff was born in Kralingen and died in Rotterdam. Adriaen van der Werff worked in Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, and Rotterdam. Wikidata associates Adriaen van der Werff with Baroque.
The best-known works include ‘De Beurs’, ‘The Flight into Egypt’, ‘Self-portrait with the Portrait of his Wife, Margaretha van Rees, and their Daughter Maria’, and ‘Cupid Kissing Venus (Venus Kissed by Amor)’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and history painting. The catalogue has 168 works by Adriaen van der Werff with free images. The dated works span the years 1676–1748. Works by Adriaen van der Werff are held by several collections, among them Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz collection, Eremitaget, and Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Peeter Bout, Franz Werner von Tamm, Sophia Holt, Claude Audran III, and Pietro Baratta.