Artist
Adriaen van der Werff
Dutch, 1659–1722
Adriaen van der Werff was a Dutch Rococo painting painter. 83 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections, most of them oil paintings. Adriaen van der Werff was born in Kralingen.
Adriaen van der Werff (21 January 1659 – 12 November 1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes. He painted several works for the Medicis. His brother, Pieter van der Werff (1661–1722), was his principal pupil and assistant.
Works by Adriaen van der Werff
Cupid Kissing Venus (Venus Kissed by Amor)
God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible
A Nymph Dancing to a Shepherd's Flute-Playing
The Holy Family
Bubble-blowing Girl with a Vanitas Still Life
Virgin and Child with Saint John (chalk sketch)
Self-portrait with the Portrait of his Wife, Margaretha van Rees, and their Daughter Maria
Portrait of Johann Wilhelm Elector of Palatine (1658-1716)
Night scene with children
The burial of Christ
A Couple Making Love in a Park Spied on by Children
Carrying the Cross
The Crucifixion
The Resurrection
Flagellation of Christ
Holy family
Maria kneeling on a cloud, with two cherubs below
The Pentecost
The Ascension of Christ
The 12-year-old Jesus in the Temple
Coronation of the Virgin
A young Painter
The Arts, represented by the royal couple Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz and Maria Anna Louisa de' Medici
Assumption of Mary
The Visitation
The Presentation in the Tempel
The mocking and crowning with thorns of Christ
Two boys with a mouse trap and a cat at a window
Agony in the Garden
Portrait of Duke Giovanni Gastone de' Medici (1671-1737)
Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham
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