Frans van Mieris the Elder

Provenance

Jan van Beuningen (1667–1720), Amsterdam (to Pieter de la Court van der Voort for 120 florins)
Pieter de la Court van der Voort (1664–1739), Leiden, before 1731
by descent to Catherina Backer, his son’s widow
her sale, Leiden, 8 September 1766, nr. 23 (to H. de Winter for 470 florins)
Gottfried Winckler (1731–95), Leipzig, by 1768
François Jean-André (François) Duval (1776­–1854), Saint Petersburg and Geneva, by 1812 (to Charles de Morny)
Charles Auguste Louis Joseph (Charles) de Morny (1811–65), Duke of Morny, Paris, 1845
"Duval" sale, Phillips, London, 12 May 1846, nr. 42 (for £525)
private collection
sale, London, Christie’s, 21 February 1903, nr. 80 (to Schroeder for £38)
Max Steinthal (1850–1940), Berlin, by 1909
by descent to the Steinthal Community of Heirs
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 5 December 2012, nr. 6 (to Johnny Van Haeften, Ltd.)
with Johnny Van Haeften, Ltd., London
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2017
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number FM-123

Other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder

Man Tuning a Violin
1680

Man in Oriental Dress
1665

Portrait of a lady, half-length
1673

Woman Standing before a Mirror

Portrait of a Fifty-Two Year Old Man
1665