Frans van Mieris the Elder

Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 210

Collection catalogues
Neil MacLaren, revised and expanded by Christopher Brown, The Dutch school, 1600-1900, London, 1991, pp. 262-264, plate 223
Christopher Baker and Tom Henry, The National Gallery complete illustrated catalogue, London, 2001, p. 456

Exhibitions

2005 Frans van Mieris 1635-1681: Painted Perfection, Nr. 33

Provenance

There are various versions of this paintings, making the provenance uncertain.
probably in the collection of L.J. Gaignat by 1760
probably L.J. Gaignat sale, Paris, 14 sqq. February 1769, nr. 46, bought by Remy
according to Smith in the collection of the Prince de Talleyrand and thence bought privately in 1817 (not in the catalogue of the sale announced for 9 July 1817 nor in the list of pictures bought from the Talleyrand collection by Buchanan in 1817)
collection of William Beckford, Fonthill Abbey
catalogue of the Fonthill Abbey sale announced for 15 October 1822, nr. 105 which did not take place, Fonthill Abbey and its contents having been bought by Farquhar
Fonthill Abbey sale of 10 sqq. October 1823, nr. 200 bought by S.T. Howe, probably for (Sir) Robert Peel (Bart.)
Robert Peel by 1829
National Gallery, London, purchased with the Peel collection, 1871
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External links

RKD 224972
National Gallery, London Accession number NG840

Other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder

Saying grace
c. 1650-55

Self-portrait as a painter
1667

An old soldier with a pipe
c. 1655-57

The letter writer
1670

The death of Lucretia
1679