Dirk van der Aa
Dirk van der Aa (1731-1809): Spielende Putten auf Wolken (Playing Putti on Clouds). Signed and dated "D. Vander Aa/1773". Oil on canvas, 119 x 45 cm
Dirk van der Aa (1731 – 23 February 1809) was a Dutch rococo painter who is best known for his allegorical work.
Life[]
He was born in The Hague, and first apprenticed to Johann Heinrich Keller, and then to with whom he would later start a workshop; they specialized in grisaille decorative paintings. He counted , , Johan Christiaan Roedig[1] and amongst his students. He died in his home city of The Hague.
Works by Dirk van der Aa[]
- Allegory of Summer: Cherubs disporting in a landscape (1775), part of a pair with Allegory of Autumn view at Artnet
- Spielende Putten auf Wolken (Playing Putti on Clouds) (1773)
- An overdoor: Putti desporting on clouds by a vase on pedestal (1773) view at Artnet
- Spielende Putten, Allegorie des Sommers (Playing Putti, allegory of summer), attributed to Dirk van der Aa view at Artnet
References[]
- ^ Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, A Feast for the Eye Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Information at the Netherlands Institute for Art History[permanent dead link]
Media related to Dirk van der Aa at Wikimedia Commons
| hide Authority control  | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Art research institutes | |
| Biographical dictionaries | |
 | This article about a Dutch painter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- 1731 births
- 1809 deaths
- 18th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- 19th-century Dutch painters
- Artists from The Hague
- 19th-century male artists
- Dutch painter stubs