Willem van Mieris
(Leiden 1662–1747),
Portrait of a lady against a landscape backdrop,
signed and dated at lower left: W van Mieris/fecit 1690, oil on panel, 22 x 17 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection J. van den Berg;
sale, Amsterdam 15 July 1833, lot 158;
sale, Van der Smick, Brussels, 1868;
Galerie Charpentier, Paris (1933);
private collection, Germany
Literature:
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the 17th Century, vol. X, London, 1928, p. 211, no. 410e
The present painting comes with a certificate issued by E. Bernt (1990).
Willem van Mieris, a student of his father, Frans van Mieris, was one of the last Leiden Fijnschilders. He mostly painted small interiors featuring vegetable and poultry vendors or music-making parties. His elegant ladies have small heads, and their bodies are modelled after the academic beauty ideal of the time.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
24.06.2015 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 10,000.- to EUR 15,000.-
Willem van Mieris
(Leiden 1662–1747),
Portrait of a lady against a landscape backdrop,
signed and dated at lower left: W van Mieris/fecit 1690, oil on panel, 22 x 17 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection J. van den Berg;
sale, Amsterdam 15 July 1833, lot 158;
sale, Van der Smick, Brussels, 1868;
Galerie Charpentier, Paris (1933);
private collection, Germany
Literature:
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the 17th Century, vol. X, London, 1928, p. 211, no. 410e
The present painting comes with a certificate issued by E. Bernt (1990).
Willem van Mieris, a student of his father, Frans van Mieris, was one of the last Leiden Fijnschilders. He mostly painted small interiors featuring vegetable and poultry vendors or music-making parties. His elegant ladies have small heads, and their bodies are modelled after the academic beauty ideal of the time.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 24.06.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 18.06. - 24.06.2015 |