PAINTER

Adriaen van der Werff

1659 - 1722

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Adriaen van der Werff (21 January 1659 – 12 November 1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes. He painted several works for the Medicis. His brother, Pieter van der Werff (1661–1722), was his principal pupil and assistant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adriaen van der Werff is the 899th most popular painter (up from 1,033rd in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 429th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Adriaen van der Werff ranks 899 out of 2,023Before him are Lee Krasner, Albert van Ouwater, Abraham Mignon, Sidney Paget, Bartolomeo Montagna, and Frans Hogenberg. After him are Barbara Hepworth, Constantin Hansen, Józef Brandt, James Turrell, Beatrice Wood, and Thomas Rowlandson.

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Among people born in 1659, Adriaen van der Werff ranks 11Before him are Henry Every, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, and Pieter van der Aa. After him are Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Domenico Gabrielli, Damaris Cudworth Masham, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, William Sherard, and David Gregory. Among people deceased in 1722, Adriaen van der Werff ranks 10Before him are Bartholomew Roberts, John Toland, Johann Kuhnau, Pierre Varignon, Johann Adam Reincken, and Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld. After him are Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Claude Gillot, Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, Antoine Coypel, and Sébastien Vaillant.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Adriaen van der Werff ranks 376 out of 1,646Before him are Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Titus van Rijn (1641), Sharon den Adel (1974), Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), Hendrick de Keyser (1565), and Albert van Ouwater (1415). After him are Anthony van Diemen (1593), Danny Blind (1961), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Huub Stevens (1953), Maria van Oosterwijck (1630), and Cristina Deutekom (1931).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Adriaen van der Werff ranks 78Before him are Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Hercules Seghers (1589), Marinus van Reymerswaele (1490), Allaert van Everdingen (1621), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), and Albert van Ouwater (1415). After him are Maria van Oosterwijck (1630), Paulus Moreelse (1571), Cornelis Cort (1533), Abraham van Beijeren (1620), Simon de Vlieger (1601), and Aert van der Neer (1603).