Pieter van der Werff was the younger brother and pupil of Adriaan van der Werff. He was senior member of the Rotterdam painters' guild in 1703 and 1715. For a number of years, van der Werff simply made copies of works by Adriaan. Later, he produced original works in the manner of his older brother, including history paintings, portraits and genre scenes, almost always on a small scale. Comment on works: History painting, portraits, group portraits, genre scenes.

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Werff, Pieter van der

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

A Girl Drawing and a Boy near a Statue of Venus

Two Girls with Flowers by a Statue of Cupid

Portret van de mevrouw Brust-Batailhy

Portret van de heer Brust

St Jerome

Adriaen Paets (1657-1712), gekozen in 1703

Portrait of Jacob Dane

Blowing Bubbles

Portrait of a Man

De jonge Hercules met de slangen

The Infant Bacchus

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Elisabeth Hollaer, Wife of Theodorus Rijswijk

Portrait of Cornelis Matelieff the Younger, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1602

Pieter Sonmans (1588-1660), gekozen in 1631

Portrait of Adriaen Besemer

Portrait of Joost van Coulster, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1630

Portrait of Cornelis Jansz Hartigsvelt

Portrait of Gerard van Bergen, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1653

Portrait of Adriaen Paets, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1668

Portrait of Dominicus Rosmale, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1677

Portrait of Cornelis van Couwenhove, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1667

Portrait of Johan van der Veecque

Hendrik Nobel (1568-1649), gekozen in 1625

Ewoud Pietersz van der Horst (gest voor 1624), gekozen in 1618