Adriaen van der Werff
(1659-1722)
Children Playing Before a Hercules Group,
1687
Material / Technology / Carrier
Eichenholz
Dimensions of the object
46,7 x 34,9 cm (Bildmaß)45,7 x 34,1 cm (Lichtes Maß)
Displayed
AP OG -> Kabinett 23
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Mannheim
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Alte Pinakothek
Citation
Adriaen van der Werff, Spielende Kinder vor einer Herkulesgruppe, 1687, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Alte Pinakothek, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ZKGPJJZxgA (Last updated on 19.12.2025)
This picture about educating the young juxtaposes vice and virtue. While the figures in the background attend diligently to their study of artworks from Antiquity, the children playing in the light of the foreground, whose behaviour is marked by foolish idleness and frivolous lewdness, are to be reprimanded.
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