Frans van Mieris the Elder
Portrait of a Fifty-Two Year Old Man
166519.2 x 15 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated, upper left corner, over sculptural niche: AET. 52. (AE in ligature) / F. van Mieris / 1665.
The Leiden Collection, New York
Provenance
Probably Adam Gottlob, Count Moltke, Copenhagen
by inheritance to Frederik Christian Moltke van Bregentved, Copenhagen, until 1931
Moltke sale, V. Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1 June 1931, nr. 85
sale, Stockholm, Bukowski, 27 April 1955, nr. 177
sale, Paris, Drouot, Rieunier & Bailly-Pommery, 24 March 1999, nr. 19, not sold
Paris, Drouot, Rieunier & Associés, 2 December 2002, nr. 58
with Otto Naumann Ltd., New York, 2003
from whom acquired by the present owner
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Other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder
Woman Reading and a Man Seated at a Table
1676
1676
Man Tuning a Violin
1680
1680
Man in Oriental Dress
1665
1665
Self-Portrait in Fanciful Dress
c. 1667
c. 1667
Woman Standing before a Mirror