Who created this artwork?

was created by Adriaen van der Werff in 1700 - 1725.

When was this artwork created?

This artwork was created 1700 - 1725.

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Amor Kissing Venus

Adriaen van der Werff

1700 - 1725

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 25cm × w 35cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

panel; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute); lying figure - AA - female human figure

Acquisition Method

unknown

Acquired

1800

Notes

Venus door Amor gekust. Venus ligt languit naakt op een bed. Amor staat op haar schoot en kust haar op de wang.

Collection Type

paintings

About Adriaen van der Werff

1659–1722 • Dutch Republic

Dutch painter and draughtsman. He was apprenticed to the portrait painter Cornelis Picolet (1626–79) from 1668 to 1670 and then from ca.1671 to 1676 to Eglon van der Neer in Rotterdam. From 1676 van der Werff produced small portraits and genre paintings as an independent master. In 1687 van der Werff, by then a successful artist, married the wealthy Margaretha Rees (1669–1731), whose guardian, Nicolaes Anthonis Flinck, owned a collection of prints and paintings. In 1691 and 1695 van der Werff was head of the Rotterdam Guild of St Luke. Comment on works: Religious; History; Mythology.