Frans van Mieris the Elder

Provenance

Count Ferdinand von Plettenberg (1690–1737)
his sale, Amsterdam, 2 April 1738, nr. 57 (for 800 florins)
Ewout van Dishoek (1678–1744), Lord of Domburgh
his sale, The Hague, 9 June 1745, nr. 35 (to Wilhelm VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel for 1,300 florins)
Wilhelm VIII (1682–1760), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
possibly to Marc René, Marquis Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson
possibly Marc René, Marquis Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson (1721–82), Paris; to Christophe-Nicolas de Montribloud
possibly Christophe-Nicolas de Montribloud (d. 1784), Paris
his sale, Paillet, Julliot & Fils, Paris, 9 February 1784, nr. 30 (to Paillet 2,501 francs)
possibly Du Preuil (ca. 1767–1849), Dusseldorf
his sale, Lebrun, Paris, 25 November 1811, nr. 113 (to Hesse for 250 francs)
possible sale, Lebrun, Paris, 2 February 1813, nr. 239 (to Henri for 240 francs)
P.J.F. Vrancken, Lokeren
sale, Antwerp, 15 May 1838, nr. 43 (to De Lelie, Amsterdam, for 630 florins)
Thadée Joseph Antoine Hyacinthe Van Saceghem (1767–1852), Ghent, 1842
his sale, Brussels, 2 June 1851, nr. 36 (to Tencé, Lille, for 27,200 francs)
Théodore Patureau, Antwerp
his sale, Paris, 20 April 1857, nr. 14 (to Etienne le Roy for 19,700 francs)
H.J. Pfungst, London; to James John Van Alen
James John Van Alen (1846–1923), Rushton Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire, 1904
by descent
sale, Christie’s, London, 5 December 1969, nr. 79
with Galleria Giorgio Caretto, Turin, by 1970
private collection, Turin, before 1976
sale, Finarte Casa D’aste, Rome, 14 November 2006, nr. 27
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2006
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number FM-121

Other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder

Portrait of a Fifty-Two Year Old Man
1665

Man Tuning a Violin
1680

Man in Oriental Dress
1665

Portrait of a Thirty-Year-Old Man
1669

Portrait of a lady, half-length
1673