Who created this artwork?

was created by Adriaen van der Werff in 1670 - 1750.

When was this artwork created?

This artwork was created 1670 - 1750.

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Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)

Adriaen van der Werff

1670 - 1750

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 58cm × w 71cm × t 3.5cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

Pero suckling Cimon ('Caritas romana')

Acquisition Method

unknown

Acquired

1976

Notes

Cimon en Pero of de Caritas Romana. Pero geeft haar vader Cimon in de gevangenis de borst, rechts een kind met uitgestoken armen.

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.