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Frans van Mieris the Elder (16 April 1635 – 12 March 1681), was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) and his grandson Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763) were also accomplished genre painters.
Frans van Mieris, the elder (16 April 1635 – 12 March 1681), was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) and his grandson Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763) were also accomplished genre painters. Frans was born and died in ...
- Dutch
- April 16, 1635
- Leiden, Netherlands
- March 12, 1681
Works of Art. Artist Bibliography. Biography. Frans van Mieris, born in Leiden on April 16, 1635, came from a family of gold- and silversmiths.
12 de abr. de 2024 · Frans van Mieris, the Elder (born April 16, 1635, Leiden, Netherlands—died March 12, 1681, Leiden) was a Dutch painter, son of Jan van Mieris and chief member of a family of Leiden painters. Mieris took service with Abraham Toorenvliet, a glazier who kept a school of design.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Frans van Mieris’ first works depict scenes of daily life seen through a window opening. He specialised in small-format genre paintings but also executed portraits and some history paintings. He produced his finest works around the end of the 1650s and the early 1660s.
18 de jan. de 2024 · Frans van Mieris the Elder belonged to an illustrious family of goldsmiths and painters. After an apprenticeship with his cousin, Van Mieris studied painting with Gerrit Dou, the first and most famous member of the fijnschilders (fine painters) in his native Leiden.
3 de ago. de 2020 · His jewel-like paintings were extremely sought-after by collectors at home and abroad, including Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Vienna and Grand Duke Cosimo II de’ Medici in Florence. Van Mieris ranked among the best-paid Dutch painters of the seventeenth century.
