Frans van Mieris the Elder

Woman Reading and a Man Seated at a Table



Frans van Mieris the Elder - Woman Reading and a Man Seated at a Table



Frans van Mieris the Elder
Woman Reading and a Man Seated at a Table
1676
33.1 x 27.8 cm
Oil on panel
The Leiden Collection, New York


Provenance

Adriaan Bout, The Hague
his sale, The Hague, 11 August 1733, nr. 53 (505 guilders to Benjamin da Costa)
Benjamin da Costa, The Hague, 1733–1764, and his widow
his sale, The Hague, 13 August 1764, nr. 37 (615 guilders to Odor or Audon)
Gottfried Winckler, Leipzig, 1768
Jean-François-André (François) Duval (1776–1854), Saint Petersburg and Ghent (to Charles de Morny)
Charles August Louis Joseph (Charles) de Morny (1811–65), Paris, 1845
"Duval" Sale, Phillips, London, 12 May 1846, nr. 114 (for 13,629 francs to Phillips)
De Morny Sale, London, Phillips, 20 June 1848, nr. 99 (388.10 pounds to Farrer)
probably acquired by Henry Charles, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816–1866), Bowood House, Calne (Wiltshire)
Henry Charles Keith, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927), Bowood House, Calne (Wiltshire)
by descent to Henry William Edmund, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (1872–1936), and George John Charles, 8th Marquis of Lansdowne (1912–1999), and his heirs, Bowood House, Calne (Wiltshire), until 2008
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2008
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number FM-107

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