Adriaen van der Werff, 1699 - Self-portrait with the Portrait of his Wife, Margaretha - fine art print

The classic art work of art was made by the male painter Adriaen van der Werff in 1699. Nowadays, the artwork is in the the collection of Rijksmuseum, which is the largest museum for Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day. With courtesy of - Rijksmuseum (public domain).: . What is more, the alignment is in portrait format and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Adriaen van der Werff was a architect, painter, sculptor, whose art style can be attributed mainly to Baroque. The Baroque artist lived for a total of 63 years, born in 1659 in South Holland, Netherlands and deceased in 1722.

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Around 1700, Adriaen van der Werff was the most celebrated Dutch painter. The German elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz appointed him as his most highly paid court painter and presented him with a medallion bearing his portrait on a gold chain. Van der Werff here proudly displays his paintbrushes and palette, together with a gilt-framed portrait of his wife and daughter. The medallion hangs from his neck.