Adriaen van der Werff, Portrait of Maria van der Werff (1692-1731), portrait painting material linen oil painting, Oval portrait of girl representing the daughter of the painter Maria van der Werff at the age of 12, later the wife of Adriaen Brouwer Half-length looking to the left . To the left in the background garden statue (Hercules as putto with snake) that she panned orange blossom in the right hand Pearls in her hair. Orange blossoms and pearls refer to cleanliness; Hercules as baby, snake symbolizes possibly the power of virtue of Maria van der Werff lower left: signature and year: Chev

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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