All the oil paintings of Adriaen van de Venne

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ID	Image	Painting(From A to Z)	Details
20388		Allegory of the Truce of 1609 Between the Archduke of Austria (mk05)	Wood,24 1/2 x 44 1/2''(62 x 113 cm)Collection of Louis XIV before 1683 INV
51085		Fools Have the Most Fun	1661 Oil on canvas, 70 x 91,5 cm
84613		What Won't People Do for Money	Date 1625(1625) Medium Oil on oak Dimensions Height: 34.2 cm (13.5 in). Width: 53 cm (20.9 in). cjr

Adriaen van de Venne
Delft 1589-The Hague 1662 Dutch painter, draughtsman and poet. De Bie's account (1661) is the only known source on van de Venne's youth and training. He was born of 'worthy' parents who had fled to Delft from the southern Netherlands to escape war and religious strife. Inspired by his early study of Latin to become an illustrator, he was partly self-taught but also received instruction in painting and illumination from the otherwise unrecorded Leiden goldsmith and painter Simon de Valck. His second teacher, Hieronymus van Diest,