Topic: Dirk van der Aa

Azjah

Date: 2008-03-30 19:15 EST
Dirk van der Aa: Dutch rococo artist, The Hague, 1731 - 1809

Best known works:

Allegory of Summer: Cherubs disporting in a landscape (1775), part of a pair with Allegory of Autumn

Spielende Putten auf Wolken (Playing Putti on Clouds) (1773)

An overdoor: Putti desporting on clouds by a vase on pedestal (1773)

Spielende Putten, Allegorie des Sommers (Playing Putti, allegory of summer), attributed to Dirk van der Aa

Allegory of Summer

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/RhyDin/Art%20Museum/500px-Dirk_van_der_Aa-SpielendePutt.jpg

Spielende Putti

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/RhyDin/Art%20Museum/VanderAaAllegoryofSummer.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/RhyDin/Art%20Museum/VanderAaAllegoriedesSommers.jpg

(Photos taken from Wikipedia)