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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
JAN VAN MIERIS (LEIDEN 1660-1690 ROME)
The Art of Painting (Pictura)
Details
JAN VAN MIERIS (LEIDEN 1660-1690 ROME)
The Art of Painting (Pictura)
oil on panel
12 3⁄8 x 10 in. (31.5 x 25.3 cm.)
The Art of Painting (Pictura)
oil on panel
12 3⁄8 x 10 in. (31.5 x 25.3 cm.)
Provenance
Alfred Palmer, Leicester, England, by 1878 (according to an old Christie's stock number on the reverse).
Galerie Eduard Houben; Lepke, Berlin, 6 March 1894, lot 33, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
with J.E. Goedhart, Amsterdam.
Emil Goldschmidt (1848-1908), Frankfurt am Main; (†) his sale, Lepke, Berlin, 27 April 1909, lot 56, as 'Frans van Mieris' (RM 3,550).
Marczell von Nemes (1866-1930), Budapest, Munich and Venice.
Dr. Karl Lanz (1873-1921), Mannheim, Germany, by 1913; Fischer, Lucerne, 24 July 1923, lot 870, as ‘Frans van Mieris’.
Roger Ehrhardt (b. 1872), Schiltigheim; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 February 1939, lot 10, as 'Frans van Mieris' (20,000 FF).
Private collection, Paris, 1950.
with Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, 1992, as 'Frans van Mieris', where acquired by the father of the present owners.
Galerie Eduard Houben; Lepke, Berlin, 6 March 1894, lot 33, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
with J.E. Goedhart, Amsterdam.
Emil Goldschmidt (1848-1908), Frankfurt am Main; (†) his sale, Lepke, Berlin, 27 April 1909, lot 56, as 'Frans van Mieris' (RM 3,550).
Marczell von Nemes (1866-1930), Budapest, Munich and Venice.
Dr. Karl Lanz (1873-1921), Mannheim, Germany, by 1913; Fischer, Lucerne, 24 July 1923, lot 870, as ‘Frans van Mieris’.
Roger Ehrhardt (b. 1872), Schiltigheim; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 February 1939, lot 10, as 'Frans van Mieris' (20,000 FF).
Private collection, Paris, 1950.
with Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, 1992, as 'Frans van Mieris', where acquired by the father of the present owners.
Literature
(Possibly) G. de Lairesse, Groot schilderboek..., Amsterdam, 1707, pp. 175-176, as 'a figure, to the knees, about the size of the palm of the hand, representing the art of painting, holding a mask in her hand... I never saw the like done by any other modern master'.
Gemälde-Sammlung Dr. Karl Lanz, Mannheim, Mannheim, 1917, p. 21, no. 48.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII Jahrhunderts, X, London, 1928, p. 5, no. 25, as 'Frans van Mieris [?]'.
O. Naumann, Frans van Mieris (1635-1681) the Elder, I, Doornspijk, 1981, pp. 69, 78, 88 and 92; II, p. 69, no. 55, pl. 55, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
C. Moiso-Diekamp, Das Pendant in der holländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt, 1987, pp. 103, 373-374, no. B1, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
E.J. Sluijter, et al., De Leidse fijnschilders: Van Gerrit Dou tot Frans van Mieris de Jonge, exhibition catalogue, Leiden, 1988, pp. 149, 151 and 306, note 6, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
The Amateur's Cabinet: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Masterpieces from Dutch Private Collections, exhibition catalogue, The Hague, 1995, pp. 44-45, no. 18, illustrated, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
J. Walsh, Jan Steen: The Drawing Lesson, Los Angeles, 1996, pp. 38-41, illustrated, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
H. Perry Chapman, et al., Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam and Washington, D.C., 1996, p. 189, under no. 27, note 18.
O. Naumann and Q. Buvelot, eds., Frans van Mieris 1635-1681, exhibition catalogue, The Hague and Washington, D.C., 2005, pp. 234-235, no. 55, as 'probably painted by his son, Jan van Mieris'.
M. van der Hut, Jan van Mieris (1660-1690): His Life and Work, Zaandijk, 2021, pp. 7, 18, 25 and 108-109, no. 38, illustrated.
Q. Buvelot and C. Pottasch, 'The Art of Painting by Jan van Mieris', Mauritshuis in Focus, 2021, no. 1, pp. 15-20, illustrated.
Gemälde-Sammlung Dr. Karl Lanz, Mannheim, Mannheim, 1917, p. 21, no. 48.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII Jahrhunderts, X, London, 1928, p. 5, no. 25, as 'Frans van Mieris [?]'.
O. Naumann, Frans van Mieris (1635-1681) the Elder, I, Doornspijk, 1981, pp. 69, 78, 88 and 92; II, p. 69, no. 55, pl. 55, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
C. Moiso-Diekamp, Das Pendant in der holländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt, 1987, pp. 103, 373-374, no. B1, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
E.J. Sluijter, et al., De Leidse fijnschilders: Van Gerrit Dou tot Frans van Mieris de Jonge, exhibition catalogue, Leiden, 1988, pp. 149, 151 and 306, note 6, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
The Amateur's Cabinet: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Masterpieces from Dutch Private Collections, exhibition catalogue, The Hague, 1995, pp. 44-45, no. 18, illustrated, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
J. Walsh, Jan Steen: The Drawing Lesson, Los Angeles, 1996, pp. 38-41, illustrated, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
H. Perry Chapman, et al., Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam and Washington, D.C., 1996, p. 189, under no. 27, note 18.
O. Naumann and Q. Buvelot, eds., Frans van Mieris 1635-1681, exhibition catalogue, The Hague and Washington, D.C., 2005, pp. 234-235, no. 55, as 'probably painted by his son, Jan van Mieris'.
M. van der Hut, Jan van Mieris (1660-1690): His Life and Work, Zaandijk, 2021, pp. 7, 18, 25 and 108-109, no. 38, illustrated.
Q. Buvelot and C. Pottasch, 'The Art of Painting by Jan van Mieris', Mauritshuis in Focus, 2021, no. 1, pp. 15-20, illustrated.
Exhibited
Darmstadt, Ausstellungs-Gebäude auf der Mathilde-Höhe, Gemälde-Sammlung Dr. Karl Lanz, Mannheim, March-April 1913, no. 46, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections Parisiennes, November-December 1950, no. 41, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
The Hague, Mauritshuis, The Amateur's Cabinet: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Masterpieces from Dutch Private Collections, 10 October 1995–7 January 1996, no. 18, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
The Hague, Mauritshuis, 2020-2024, on loan.
Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections Parisiennes, November-December 1950, no. 41, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
The Hague, Mauritshuis, The Amateur's Cabinet: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Masterpieces from Dutch Private Collections, 10 October 1995–7 January 1996, no. 18, as 'Frans van Mieris'.
The Hague, Mauritshuis, 2020-2024, on loan.
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Maja Markovic
Director, Head of Evening Sale