Pieter van der Werff (1665 – 26 September 1722) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter. He assisted his older brother,

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. His brother, Pieter van der Werff (1661–1722), was his principal pupil and assistant. Life At the ag ...

Life

He learned to paint from his brother Adriaen and according to the RKD, he spent most of his life working in Rotterdam, where he painted the rich and famous. There is possible evidence he might have travelled to England to seek commissions as two portraits painted c.1709 of an unknown gentleman and unknown woman hang in the Victoria Art Gallery Bath, their alternative titles being John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough and Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Whilst in England he may have had commissions from the Fairfax family – a long established Yorkshire Catholic family who owned extensive land and property in the county.

Works

*''Portrait of Adriaen Paets'' (1690-1720), two portraits *''Portrait of Adriaen Besemer'' (1690-1722) *''Portrait of Cornelis de Koningh'' (1690-1722) *''Portrait of Paulus Verschuur'' (1690-1722) *''Portrait of Gerard van Bergen (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Cornelis van den Bergh'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Johan van der Bergh'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Joost van Coulster'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Cornelis Jansz Hartigsvelt'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Willem Hartigsvelt'' *''Portrait of Johan Kievelt'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Ewoud Pietersz'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Johan de Reus'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Dominicus Rosmale'' (1695-1722), *''Portrait of Pieter Sonmans'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Johan van der Veeken'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of Johan de Vries'' (1695-1722) *''Portrait of

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'' (1690s) *''Portrait of Jacob Dane'' (1700) *''Portrait of a

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'' (1700) *''Granida and Daifilo'' (1711) *''Portrait of a Woman'', presumably Elisabeth Hollaer, wife of Theodorus Rijswijk (1710s) *''Lot and his Daughters'' *''Portrait of Hendrik Nobel'' *''Portrait of a Gentleman'' (1709) (alternative: John Churchill (1650-1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough), Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England *''Portrait of a Woman'' (1709) (alternative: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough) 1709, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England *''Portrait of a Gentleman'', (c.1700) (alternative: John Dann (1660-1722), partner in Coggs & Dann, London Goldsmith Bankers, * ''Portrait of a Lady'' (1705) possibly Eliza Dann, wife of John Dann, of Coggs & Dann London Goldsmith Bankers, * ''Portrait of a Gentleman'', (1704), Fairfax house, York England

Public Art Galleries and Museums

Some of the artist's paintings feature amongst the following collections: USA * Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan USA - 'The Repentant Magdalen, 1711' UK * Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, England - 'Bacchus and Ariadne' 1712 * Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England -portraits of 'Gentleman and Lady' -alternatives: 'John & Sarah Churchill', Duke & Duchess of Marlborough 1709 * Lamport House, Northamptonshire, England, 'man with cat and birdcage within an arch' * Nottingham City Museum and Galleries, England, 'Christian de Weerdt' * Pollok house, Glasgow, Scotland, 'Saint Mary Magdalen' c.1707-1722' * Erddig Estate, Wrexham, Wales, 'The Expulsion of Adam and Eve' (attributed), National Trust * Wellcome Collection, London, England, 'Portrait of a Man' (attributed) RUSSIA * Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia - 'Peter the Great' FRANCE * Louvre Paris, - 'Adam and Eve' NETHERLANDS * Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - 'A Girl Drawing and a Boy near a Statue of Venus' * Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam - 'self portrait', 'The Penitent Magdalen' DENMARK * Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen

References

External links

Pieter van der Werff
in the

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1665 births 1722 deaths Painters from Rotterdam 18th-century Dutch people Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists {{netherlands-painter-stub