Lot Essay
The same view of Nijmegen but with smaller dimensions was sold in these Rooms, 10 July 1992, lot 7 (180,000).
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A peasant family in a cottage interior
Details
Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)
A peasant family in a cottage interior
signed and dated 'W Van Mieris. Fec. Anno 1718' (upper right)
oil on panel
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 41.2 cm.)
A peasant family in a cottage interior
signed and dated 'W Van Mieris. Fec. Anno 1718' (upper right)
oil on panel
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Henry Hope, Deepdene; Christie's, London, 28 June 1816, lot 60 (130 gns. to Hilderbrand).
Lady Mildmay, Dogmersfield, 1829 and 1838.
Alfred de Rothschild, London.
The Countess of Carnarvon; Christie's, London, 22 May 1925, lot 79 (380 gns. to De Casseres).
The Viscountess Bertie of Thame; Christie's, 10 December 1954, lot 67 (850 gns. to Slatter).
with Eugene Slatter, London.
Sir Alfred Mond.
Lady Mildmay, Dogmersfield, 1829 and 1838.
Alfred de Rothschild, London.
The Countess of Carnarvon; Christie's, London, 22 May 1925, lot 79 (380 gns. to De Casseres).
The Viscountess Bertie of Thame; Christie's, 10 December 1954, lot 67 (850 gns. to Slatter).
with Eugene Slatter, London.
Sir Alfred Mond.
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonn, etc., I, London, 1829, p. 98, no. 38 with incorrect provenance as from the Holderness collection, and Supplement, etc., London, 1842, p. 64, no. 37, incorrectly describing as a duplicate the picture sold by Lady Holdeness, Christie's, London, 6 March 1806, lot 43 for 195 gns., to Thane for William Esdale (by whom sold Christie's, London, 24 March 1838, lot 65).
C. Hofstede de Groot, Verzeichnis der Werke, etc., X, Stuttgart, 1928, p. 168, no. 238.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Verzeichnis der Werke, etc., X, Stuttgart, 1928, p. 168, no. 238.
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1838, no. 74.