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A woman spinning yarn with a baby in a wicker basket and an old man smoking a pipe
Details
Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)
A woman spinning yarn with a baby in a wicker basket and an old man smoking a pipe
signed and dated 'W Van Mieris. Fec. Anno 1718' (upper right)
oil on panel
20¼ x 16¼ in. (50.8 x 41.2 cm.)
A woman spinning yarn with a baby in a wicker basket and an old man smoking a pipe
signed and dated 'W Van Mieris. Fec. Anno 1718' (upper right)
oil on panel
20¼ x 16¼ in. (50.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Henry Hope, Deepdene; Christie's, London, 28 June 1816, lot 160 (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, London, 10 December 1954, lot 67 (850 gns. to Slatter).
with Eugene Slatter, London.
Sir Alfred Mond.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 April 1999, lot 46.
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, London, 10 December 1954, lot 67 (850 gns. to Slatter).
with Eugene Slatter, London.
Sir Alfred Mond.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 April 1999, lot 46.
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné, 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 Holderness, Christie's, London, 6 March 1806, lot 54 for 195 gns., to Thane for William Esdale (by whom sold Christie's, London, 24 March 1838, lot 65).
C. Hofstede de Groot, Verzeichnnis der Werke, etc., X, Stuttgart, 1928, p. 168, no. 238.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Verzeichnnis der Werke, etc., X, Stuttgart, 1928, p. 168, no. 238.
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1838, no. 74.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium