Pieter van der Werff

Pieter van der Werff

Granida and Daifilo, 1711
Born 1665
Kralingen, Dutch Republic (modern-day Netherlands)
Died 1722 (aged 5657)
Rotterdam, Dutch Republic (modern-day Netherlands)
Nationality Dutch
Known for Painting
Movement Baroque
This is a Dutch name; the family name is van der Werff, not Werff.

Pieter van der Werff (1665 September 26, 1722) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He assisted his older brother, Adriaen van der Werff.

Life

He learned to paint from his brother Adriaen and according to the RKD, he spent most of his life working in Rotterdam, where he painted the rich and famous.[1]

Works

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