Frans van Mieris the Elder
Man in Oriental Dress
166514.9 x 11.2 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated upper left: F v Mieris fec / Ao 1665 (not distinctly legible)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Provenance
Possibly identical to a painting in the inventory of the estate of Franciscus de le Boe Sylvius, Leiden, 6 April 1673
(?) Lenglart Collection (according to the wax seal on the back of the painting; not in sale Jules Lenglart, Paris [Drouot], 10 March 1902)
Katz Gallery, Dieren, 1936-1940
Jacques Goudstikker/Alois Miedl Gallery, Amsterdam, 17 August 1940
Schantung Handels A.G., Berlin, 1940
Reichskanzlei, Berlin, 1940
Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (inv.nr. NK 1587; as by Arie de Vois), 1946
on loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of The Netherlands for the Prince William V Gallery, 1977-2010
transferred, 2010
exhibited in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, since 2010
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Other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder
Woman with a Lapdog, Accompanied by a Maidservant (probably Bathsheba with King David’s Letter)
1680
1680
Portrait of a lady, half-length
1673
1673
Portrait of a Fifty-Two Year Old Man
1665
1665
Portrait of a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Woman
1669
1669
Self-Portrait with a Plumed Beret
1668
1668