Willem van Mieris
Willem van Mieris (3 June 1662 – 26 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
He was born in Leiden as the son of Frans van Mieris sr. and brother of Jan van Mieris.[1] He was a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke and a founding member of the Leidse Tekenacademie which opened in 1694.[1] His pupils were Catharina Backer, Abraham Alensoon, and Hieronymous van de Mij.[1] He retired in 1736 because he was partially blind.[2] He died, aged 84, in Leiden.[1]
His works are extremely numerous and show the influence of Francis van Bossuit as well as his father.[1] As an artist, he did not equal his father.[3]
van Mieris has works in the Victoria and Albert Museum as well as Cheltenham and Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
Works
- Lady with Parrot (1685)
- The Escaped Bird (1687)
- A Seated Man (1688)
- Cimon and Iphigeneia (1698)
- Family Reunion (17th century)
- Diana and her Nymphs (1702)
- A Gentleman Offering a Lady a Bunch of Grapes (1707)
- A Poultry Seller (1707)
- The Apothecary (1710)
- Man with Pipe (1710)
- The Lute Player (1711)
- Expulsion of Hagar (1724)
- The Spinner (first half of the 18th century)
- Interior with a Mother Attending her Children (1728)
- An Old Man Reading (1729)
- Green Grocer (1731), oil onwood, 40 x 34 cm, The Wallace Collection, London
- Ecce Homo (18th century)
- Suzanna and the Elders after Francis van Bossuit, Detroit Institute of Arts, displayed there as of 1909
- Selected paintings by Willem van Mieris
Lady with Parrot (1685)
The Escaped Bird, 1687
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De rarekiek (’t Fraay Curieus), 1718
The Greengrocer by Willem van Mieris (1731) Oil on wood, 40 x 34 cm. Wallace Collection, London
Works after the painter
- Portrait of Willem van Mieris, painted by Taco Hajo Jeigersma
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Explore Willem van Mieris". rkd.nl.
- ↑ "Willem van Mieris". pubhist.com.
- ↑ van Mieris family, New International Encyclopedia, accessed August 2011
- 23 Paintings by Willem van Mieris at the Art UK site
External links
Media related to Willem van Mieris at Wikimedia Commons