Adriaen van der Werff

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.

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.
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