Lot Essay
Willem van Mieris was the youngest son of the painter Frans van Mieris I (1635-1781), and was his father's pupil. The composition of the present drawing is strongly influenced by those of the older artist.
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A bearded man holding bags of gold seducing a lady at her dressing table
Details
Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)
A bearded man holding bags of gold seducing a lady at her dressing table
black and white chalk on blue paper
9¾ x 8 in. (245 x 203 mm.)
A bearded man holding bags of gold seducing a lady at her dressing table
black and white chalk on blue paper
9¾ x 8 in. (245 x 203 mm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 14 November 1994, lot 83.
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