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Self-portrait with the Portrait of his Wife, Margaretha van Rees, and their Daughter Maria
Also titled Zelfportret met het portret van zijn vrouw Margaretha van Rees en hun dochtertje Maria
Adriaen van der Werff (Kralingen-Ambacht, 1659–1722)
1699
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 81 cm x width 65.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
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.
