About Dirk van der Aa
Lived 1731 – 1809 (aged 77–78). Dirk van der Aa was a Dutch painter, artist, draftsperson, coach painter, wallpaper painter and shopkeeper.
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 (173123 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 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.
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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Who was Dirk van der Aa?
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1731-1809)
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Dirk van der Aa was born in 1731 in The Hague.
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Dirk van der Aa died on 23 February 1809 in The Hague.
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Dirk van der Aa was a painter, artist, draftsperson, coach painter, wallpaper painter and shopkeeper.
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Dirk van der Aa was Dutch.
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