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Description: | Signed: yes Description: An elderly Dutch man, three-quarter-length seated wearing a beige-coloured robe and black cap, holding a book in his left hand and pair of nose spectacles in his right hand. The date of the signature has been interfered with but appears to have once read 1738. The date 1699 which did appear on the frame (now removed) does not conform with the life dates of either Frans van Mieris the Elder or Younger, nor does it tally with the appearance of the sitter, the artist's father, Willem van Mieris (1662-1747) who is clearly shown in old age. | Subjects: | figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mieris, Frans van (Dutch painter, writer, and numismatist, 1689-1763) Æ Previously attributed to after Mieris, Frans van (Dutch painter, 1635-1681) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8877... | Go to resource |
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