Dirk van der Aa
Dirk van der Aa (1731 – 23 February 1809) was a Dutch rococo painter who is best known for his allegorical work.
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Dirk van der Aa
Dirk van der Aa · Public domain
- Born
- 1731 · The Hague.
- Died
- 1809 · The Hague.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · artist · draftsperson · shopkeeper · grisaillist
- Teachers
- Johann Heinrich Keller
- Known for
- The Cupid Seller · Clipping the Wings of Cupids
- Languages
- Dutch
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Life
Life
Training under Johann Heinrich Keller is recorded. Jan Evert Morel is recorded as having studied under Dirk van der Aa. The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague and Paris. Works named in the authority record are The Cupid Seller and Clipping the Wings of Cupids. Work by Dirk van der Aa is recorded in the collections of Museum De Lakenhal, Rijksmuseum, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Führermuseum and Victoria and Albert Museum.
He was born in The Hague, and first apprenticed to Johann Heinrich Keller, and then to Gerrit Mes with whom he would later start a workshop; they specialized in grisaille decorative paintings. He counted Evert Morel, Cornelis Kuipers, Johan Christiaan Roedig and Andries van der Aa amongst his students. He died in his home city of The Hague.
Documentary record
Dirk van der Aa appears in the authority records of the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a decorative painter, shopkeeper, coach painter, grisaillist, wallpaper painter and draughtsman (1731 – 1809). Dirk van der Aa was born in The Hague (1731) and died in Nederland (1809).
Works by van der Aa
Works by 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
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