Lot Essay
A study for the figure of a man offering a glass of wine in The Lute player, a picture signed and dated 1711 in the Wallace Collection, London (Ingamells, op. cit., no. P155).
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Study of a boy, half-length, holding a glass
Details
Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)
Study of a boy, half-length, holding a glass
black and white chalk on blue paper
5½ x 4½ in. (14 x 11.5 cm.)
Study of a boy, half-length, holding a glass
black and white chalk on blue paper
5½ x 4½ in. (14 x 11.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 10 June 1975, lot 55.
Literature
E. Elen-Clifford Kock van Bruegel, 'Tekeningen van Willem Mieris (1662-1747) in relatie tot zijn Schilderijn', Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, IV, 1985, p. 148, fig. 1.
J. Ingamells, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Pictures.IV. Dutch and Flemish, London, 1992, pp. 214-5, under no. P155.
J. Ingamells, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Pictures.IV. Dutch and Flemish, London, 1992, pp. 214-5, under no. P155.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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