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A man. Oil painting attributed to Pieter van der Werff. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
A man. Oil painting attributed to Pieter van der Werff.
- Werff, Pieter van der, 1685-1722.
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- 45557i
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Previously identified as a portrait of Herman Boerhaave. The portrait seems compatible with Boerhaave's known portraits. The sitter is dressed in robes with a landscape view in the distance
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; sight 30.4 x 24.3 cm
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A name inscribed on the reverse may indicate that the painting is by Pieter van der Werff, who, like his better-known brother Adriaen, is known to have painted portraits at the beginning of the 18th century
References note
Christopher Wright et al., British and Irish paintings in public collections, New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2006, p. 201
Reference
Wellcome Collection 45557i
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