Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Nymphes dansant by Adriaen van der Werff and Pieter van der Werff

Image: Nymphes dansant (Deux femmes dansant devant un berger jouant du pipeau, dit aussi Nymphes dansant), a 1718 oil-on-panel painting by Dutch painters Adriaen van der Werff and Pieter van der Werff, size 58.5 cm x 44 cm (23.03” x 17.32”), located at Musée du Louvre, Richelieu, 2nd floor, room A, Paris, France.

Pieter van der Werff was the principal pupil and assistant of Adriaen van der Werff. Nymphes dansant was a further development or improvement upon the theme of Adriaen’s painting ‘Een dansende nymf op het fluitspel van een herder’ (1718).

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