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AN ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE WITH A SHEPHERD HOLDING A FLUTE, LISTENING TO A SHEPHERDESS PLAYING A STRINGED INSTRUMENT, A DOG LYING AT THEIR FEET
Auction: 07/05/2006
Lot: 12
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Willem Van Mieris AUCTION RECORDS
1662 Leyden - 1747 Leiden. Known for: Portrait, figure, landscape and allegorical paintings.
Willem van Mieris was a leader of highly finished genre pieces, a tradition begun by Gerrit Dou and continued by Willem's father, Frans van Mieris the Elder, in Leiden. After studying with his... Read full biography
Willem van Mieris was a leader of highly finished genre pieces, a tradition begun by Gerrit Dou and continued by Willem's father, Frans van Mieris the Elder, in Leiden. After studying with his father, van Mieris entered the Leiden guild, where he served as the hoofman until 1708, as well as the... Read full biography
Willem van Mieris was a leader of highly finished genre pieces, a tradition begun by Gerrit Dou and continued by Willem's father, Frans van Mieris the Elder, in Leiden. After studying with his father, van Mieris entered the Leiden guild, where he served as the hoofman until 1708, as well as the dean of the guild. In 1736, he founded a drawing Academy in Leiden with fellow artists Jacob Toorenvliet and Karl de Moor, and functioned as its director until 1736. He continued to paint genre scenes... Read full biography
Willem van Mieris was a leader of highly finished genre pieces, a tradition begun by Gerrit Dou and continued by Willem's father, Frans van Mieris the Elder, in Leiden. After studying with his father, van Mieris entered the Leiden guild, where he served as the hoofman until 1708, as well as the dean of the guild. In 1736, he founded a drawing Academy in Leiden with fellow artists Jacob Toorenvliet and Karl de Moor, and functioned as its director until 1736. He continued to paint genre scenes and portraits throughout this period until the late 1730's, when his eyesight began to fail. The 1820's critic John Smith wrote of the "extraordinary delicacy and finish" in Mieris' paintings. Our picture, Domestic Virtue, exhibits this endearing... Read full biography
Willem van Mieris was a leader of highly finished genre pieces, a tradition begun by Gerrit Dou and continued by Willem's father, Frans van Mieris the Elder, in Leiden. After studying with his father, van Mieris entered the Leiden guild, where he served as the hoofman until 1708, as well as the dean of the guild. In 1736, he founded a drawing Academy in Leiden with fellow artists Jacob Toorenvliet and Karl de Moor, and functioned as its director until 1736. He continued to paint genre scenes and portraits throughout this period until the late 1730's, when his eyesight began to fail. The 1820's critic John Smith wrote of the "extraordinary delicacy and finish" in Mieris' paintings. Our picture, Domestic Virtue, exhibits this endearing quality, portraying a peasant family gathered in the center of their cottage. The woman, who slips one foot out of her shoe and gently rests i... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA trumpeter at a casement window with another figure holding an upturned wine glass
Willem Van Mieris Auction: 12/07/2022Lot: 7Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA POULTRY SELLER; A GENTLEMAN OFFERING A LADY A BUNCH OF GRAPES (a pair)
Willem Van Mieris Auction: 07/04/2012Lot: 23Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of a young lady with a spaniel, possibly Dina Margareta de Bye (1680-1740), a landscape beyond
Willem Van Mieris Auction: 10/29/2019Lot: 737Subscribe or get free alerts
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