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Ontwerp voor het kader rond een portret van Hendrik VIII
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Ontwerp voor het kader rond een portret van Hendrik VIII

Medium

paper

Dimensions

h 296mm × w 172mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; chalk

Object Type

drawing; design

Subject Matter

Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa); Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa)

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1948

Notes

…; from the dealer Paul Prouté, Paris, fl. 20, to the museum, 1948

Collection Type

drawings

About Adriaen van der Werff

1659–1722Dutch 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.