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DiaporamaPortrait of Gerard van Bergen, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1653, Pieter van der Werff, 1695 - 1722
Pieter van der Werff (1665 – 1722)
Pieter van der Werff (1665-1722): Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for refined portraits & Baroque scenes of Rotterdam's elite. Pioneer in using Prussian blue.
Portrait of Gerard van Bergen (1663), elected in 1653. Bust in oval to the right. Part of a series of portraits of the directors of the Rotterdam Chamber of the United East India Company, made for the New East India House from 1698 on the Boompjes in Rotterdam.
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait of Gerard van Bergen, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1653, Pieter van der Werff, 1695 - 1722
- Artist: Pieter van der Werff
- Year: 1722
- Original dimensions: 82.0 x 68.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Corpus context: rotterdam's civic importance , colonial wealth
- Color palette: Earthy
- Main color: Espresso
- Keywords: brown and blue painting , oval framed portrait , baroque portraiture
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