Frans van Mieris the Elder
The death of Lucretia
167938 x 27 cm
Oil on panel
The Leiden Collection, New York
Exhibitions
2023 Rembrandt and His Contemporaries. History paintings from The Leiden Collection, Nr. 20
2005 Frans van Mieris 1635-1681: Painted Perfection, Nr. 47
Provenance
Count of Fraula, Brussels
his sale, Brussels, 21 July 1738, no. 245
Gerard Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, by 1738
his sale, The Hague, 12 April 1741, no. 50 to Jacques de Roore for Willem Lormier
Willem Lormier (1682–1758), The Hague, by 1741
his sale, The Hague, 4 July 1763, no. 166 to Adriaan Leonard van Heteren
Adriaan Leonard van Heteren (1722–1800), The Hague, by 1763
by descent to Adriaan Leonard van Heteren Gevers (1794–1866), Rotterdam, by 1800
The Royal Museum, Amsterdam, by 1809
sale, Royal Museum, Amsterdam, 4 August 1828, no. 88 to C.S. Roos
C.S. Roos, Amsterdam
Steengracht Collection, The Hague, acquired by Johan Steengracht van Oostkapelle (1782–1846)
by descent to Hendrik Steengracht van Oosterland (1808–75), The Hague
by descent to Hendrik Adolphus Steengracht van Duivenvoorde (1836–1912), The Hague
his sale, Paris, Galerie G. Petit, 9 June 1913, no. 44 to Bousquet
unknown collection
sale, Paris, Ader, Picard and Tajan, 8 December 1977, no. 25 to Mr. Keyer
Mr. Keyer
sale, Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, London, 16 April 1980, no. 57
with Gallery Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, by April, 1983
private collection, Sweden
Saul Steinberg, New York, until 2000
with Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York, by April, 2000
with Johnny van Haeften Ltd., London, by November, 2000
with Otto Naumann Ltd., New York, by March, 2002
from whom acquired by the present owner
Other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder
An old soldier with a pipe
c. 1655-57
c. 1655-57
The letter writer
1670
1670
A Young Woman at her Dressing-Table
1667
1667
A woman sealing a letter by candlelight
1667
1667
A peasant inn
c. 1655-57
c. 1655-57