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Name
  
Willem Mieris

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Died
  
January 26, 1747, Leiden, Netherlands

Parents
  
Frans van Mieris the Elder

Artwork
  
Portrait of Madalena de la Court (1662-1712)

Children
  
Frans van Mieris the Younger

Willem van Mieris (3 June 1662 - 26 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

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Biography

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He was born in Leiden as the son of Frans van Mieris sr. and brother of Jan van Mieris. He was a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke and a founding member of the Leidse Tekenacademie which opened in 1694. His pupils were Catharina Backer, Abraham Alensoon, and Hieronymous van de Mij. He retired in 1736 because he was partially blind. He died, aged 84, in Leiden.

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His works are extremely numerous and show the influence of Francis van Bossuit as well as his father. As an artist, he did not equal his father.

van Mieris has works in the Victoria and Albert Museum as well as Cheltenham and Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Works

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  • 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
  • Works after the painter

  • Portrait of Willem van Mieris, painted by Taco Hajo Jeigersma

  • Willem van Mieris A Mother Feeding her Child The Happy Mother The Art
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    References

    Willem van Mieris Wikipedia