Dutch School Artist after Adrien Van Der Werff, Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away, Oil on Canvas

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Dutch school after adrien van der werff 18th century "abraham sends hagar and ishmael away" oil on canvas 89 x … Read more Dutch school after adrien van der werff 18th century "abraham sends hagar and ishmael away" oil on canvas 89 x 69.5 cm this work is a reproduction of the composition in the germalde galerie in dresden. There is also a grisaille copy by b. Picart, dated 1721, in the louvre museum. Adriaen van der werff (kralingen, january 21, 1659 – rotterdam, november 12, 1722) was a dutch painter, sculptor, and architect. Biography born in kralingen, near rotterdam, he was a student of eglon van der neer. A precocious artist, by the age of 17 he was already working independently in rotterdam, painting religious and mythological scenes and portraits, and quickly achieved considerable fame. In 1697, he was appointed court painter to elector palatine john william. The elector palatine granted him a pension and ennobled him. Van der werff was considered by his contemporaries to be the greatest dutch painter of his time, before being accused of betraying the dutch naturalist tradition in the 19th century. His younger brother, pieter van der werff (1661–1722), was his pupil. See less