Who created "Bellenblazend meisje bij een vanitas stilleven"?

Bellenblazend meisje bij een vanitas stilleven was created by Adriaen van der Werff in 1680 - 1775.

When was "Bellenblazend meisje bij een vanitas stilleven" created?

This artwork was created 1680 - 1775.

What medium is "Bellenblazend meisje bij een vanitas stilleven"?

Bellenblazend meisje bij een vanitas stilleven is copper (metal).

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Bubble-blowing Girl with a Vanitas Still Life

Adriaen van der Werff

1680 - 1775

Medium

copper (metal)

Dimensions

h 15cm × w 11.5cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

copper (metal); oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

bubble-blowing (children's games and plays); (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas'; skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'; (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilità humana, Fugacità delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanità (Ripa); violin, fiddle

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1908

Notes

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

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.