Willem van Mieris
Portrait of an Elegant Man
170819.5 x 15 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated in light paint, left midpoint: W. Van. Mieris. Fe= 1708
The Leiden Collection, New York
Provenance
Count Philippe Vilain XIIII, Brussels
his sale, Paris, 2 May 1857, nrs. 43, 44 (respectively 760 and 850 francs to Van Loo)
Christophe van Loo, Ghent
his sale, Paris, 25 May 1881, nrs. 15, 16 (respectively 1,920 and 1,600 francs to F. Hérard)
Flury Hérard
his sale, Paris, 18 November 1919, nrs. 55, 56
Monsieur G…
his sale, Drouot, Paris, 8 February 1939, nrs. 47, 48
private collection, Paris
by descent
sale, Christie’s, Paris, 22 June 2005, nr. 42 to Lilian
with Salomon Lilian B. V., Amsterdam
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2005
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Other works by Willem van Mieris
Allegory of Transience
The Poultry Seller
1733
1733
Portrait of a Man
1660 - 1681
1660 - 1681
Sylvia freed by Aminta
Portrait of Dina Margareta de Bye
1705
1705