Adriaen van der Werff

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Adriaen van der Werff
Self-portrait, 1699, Rijksmuseum.
Born(1659-01-21)21 January 1659
Kralingen, Dutch Republic (modern-day Netherlands)
Died12 November 1722(1722-11-12) (aged 63)
Rotterdam, Dutch Republic (modern-day Netherlands)
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque
In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Werff, not Werff.

Adriaen van der Werff (21 January 1659 – 12 November 1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and

Medicis. His brother, Pieter van der Werff
(1661–1722), was his principal pupil and assistant.

Life

At the age of ten, he began to take lessons, two years later moving in with

Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Anna Maria Luisa's father, in Florence. During the next years Van der Werff traveled regularly between Düsseldorf
and his home town.

In 1703, he became the official court painter and a

Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. In 1716, he lost his job when the Elector died and was replaced by Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine. The treasury was then empty. Johann Wilhelm owned 34 paintings made by Van der Werff and were hung in a specially designated room next to Rembrandt's. He refused to have paintings sold to Prince Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick and King Augustus II the Strong, as he wanted to keep the paintings to himself. The director of the collection was Jan Frans van Douven
.

Van der Werff became one of the most lauded Dutch painters of his day, gaining a European reputation and a fortune.

Victorian Age, people could not appreciate his art, so most of his work went into the cellars of the Alte Pinakothek
.

Van der Werff also practised as an architect in Rotterdam, where he designed a few houses. His only daughter married to Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer.

Famous buyers of his art would later be the King of Prussia

Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, and at the Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Works

Gallery

  • Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722) (1704, Uffizi)
    Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722) (1704, Uffizi)
  • The Entombment (1703, National Museum, Wrocław)
    The Entombment (1703, National Museum, Wrocław)
  • Noli me tangere (1719)
    Noli me tangere (1719)
  • Nymphes dansant (1720), also painted by his brother, Musée du Louvre
    Nymphes dansant (1720), also painted by his brother,
    Musée du Louvre
  • Adam and Eve (c. 1711, Musée du Louvre)
    Adam and Eve (c. 1711,
    Musée du Louvre
    )
  • Paris and Oenone (1694, Rijksmuseum)
    Paris and Oenone (1694, Rijksmuseum)
  • Shepherd and Shepherdess (1689)
    Shepherd and Shepherdess (1689)
  • Sara brengt Hagar tot Abraham (Genesis 16:3) Sarah Bringing Hagar to Abraham, 1696
    Sara brengt Hagar tot Abraham (Genesis 16:3) Sarah Bringing Hagar to Abraham, 1696
  • The Judgement of Paris (1716, Dulwich Picture Gallery)
    The Judgement of Paris (1716, Dulwich Picture Gallery)
  • Een dansende nymf op het fluitspel van een herder (A nymph dancing before a shepherd playing a flute)
    Een dansende nymf op het fluitspel van een herder (A nymph dancing before a shepherd playing a flute)
  • Diogenes mit der Laterne auf dem Markte (1699, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)
    Diogenes mit der Laterne auf dem Markte (1699, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

External links

Media related to Paintings by Adriaen van der Werff at Wikimedia Commons

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