Frans van Mieris II (1689-1763)

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Frans van Mieris II (1689-1763)

Portrait of Adriaan van Boscheiden, bust length, in an oval Frame on a Ledge with Putti and Curtains

signed(?) 'Frans van Mieris fecit', and inscribed 'BOSCHEIDEN/'t wapen VICIT BIBLIA HAARLEM NATUS & ..' and with colour indications; black chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark arms of Amsterdam
292 x 208 mm.

Provenance

Dr. J. den Hartogh, Zeist. 1965

Exhibited

Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 85

Lot Essay

A preliminary study for the picture of the Leiden clergyman Adriaan van Boscheiden dated 1724, now in the Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem (inv. no. 41-47). The putti on the drawing hold the arms of Haarlem, where the sitter was born, and Leiden, with the Marekerk of Leiden shown on the left

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