Willem van Mieris

A man selling fish



Willem van Mieris - A man selling fish



Willem van Mieris
A man selling fish
1716
21.5 x 15.5 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated upper centre: W. van Mieris. Fet. 1716.
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025


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Willem van Mieris - A woman selling fish and shrimp
Willem van Mieris
A woman selling fish and shrimp
1725

Provenance


Frederick Perkins (1780-1860), Chipstead Place, Kent, and by descent to his son,
George Perkins (1805-1879), Chipstead Place, Kent; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 14 June 1890, lots 10 and 11, where acquired for 150 gns. each by 'Brassey', presumably,
Colonel Albert Brassey (1844-1918), and by descent to his son,
Captain Robert Bingham Brassey (1875-1946), 29 Berkeley Square, London; Christie's, London, 16 February 1940, lots 57 and 58, where acquired for 70 gns. each by the seller at the following,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 1959, lot 90, where acquired by the following,
with St James's Gallery, London, where acquired by the father of the seller at the following,
Anonymous sale [Property from a Private Collection]; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2006, lot 159.
with Johnny van Haeften, London, from whom acquired in 2006 by the present owner.
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025, nr. 141

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