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Frans van Mieris the Elder

50 works

Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681) was a painter from the Dutch Republic. Read more

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Night scene of a woman playing lute beside a man in a red cloak, with a boy and another man in shadow.

The Serenade

ca. 1678-80

Woman in blue satin holding a painter's palette and brushes, with a white sculpture and gold chain, before a blue curtain.

Pictura (An Allegory of Painting)

1661

Interior scene of a reclining woman in red and gold attended by an older woman, a man holding a flask, and a servant.

The Doctor's Visit

1667

Painting of an interior with a woman reading a letter and two men playing tric-trac beside a column and gold curtain.

Interior with Figures Playing Tric-trac

1680

Painting of a smiling man playing violin beside a young woman reading music, with a wine glass and jug on a table.

Musical duo with wine

Painting of a young woman with a basket of grapes greeting an old woman in a cottage doorway, with vegetables nearby.

A Girl selling Grapes to an old Woman

1655

Elderly violinist with feathered hat and red sleeve in an arched stone niche, with ivy, a violin and a wine glass.

An Old Violin Player in a Stone Arched Niche

1660

Painting of a woman pouring from a jug as a seated bearded man in a red cloak looks up at her in a dim interior.

Brothel Scene

1659

Painting of a boy blowing a bubble in an arched window, with a woman behind him, ivy above, and flowers on the sill.

A Boy Blowing Bubbles

1663

Oil portrait of a seated man in dark dress resting on a stone ledge beside a potted plant, with a landscape behind him.

Portrait of Florentius Schuyl (1619-1669)

1666

Painting of a man leaning over a seated woman holding a spaniel, with a second dog and a patterned table at left.

Man and Woman with Two Dogs, known as 'Teasing the Pet'

1660

Woman in gold satin writing a letter by candlelight, with a man holding a lute behind her and a sleeping spaniel.

De briefschrijfster

1680

Woman in white cap and fur-trimmed robe writes with a quill by candlelight at a desk, dark background.

A Young Woman Writing a Letter

1670

Interior scene of an officer in a plumed hat talking with a woman in a white cap at a table, with draped cloth and a small do

Officer in a Cloth Shop

1660

Man in dark coat leaning toward woman in red fur-trimmed cloak who holds wine glass beside a platter of oysters.

The Oyster Meal

1661

Painting of a standing warrior in a red beret with feather plume, holding a sword, wearing a striped cloak and scarf.

Standing Warrior with a Sword in his Right Hand

1670

Painting of a mustached armored man in a red beret with feather plume, holding a sword in his right hand.

Kopie naar Frans van Mieris (I) - Staande krijgsman met een zwaard in zijn rechterhand, 1863 (OK)

Woman in a red dress tuning a lute by candlelight in a dark interior, with figures visible in a doorway behind her.

Het stemmen van de luit

1660

Painting of a smiling man with a pipe leaning in a stone window niche with grapevines, a bottle and box on the sill.

Man with Pipe at the Window

1658

Oil portrait of a woman with crossed arms in satin jacket and white apron, standing in a room with an arched doorway.

Portrait of a Lady

1673

Painting of a woman reading a letter by a window, a seated man with a wine glass, and a servant in the background.

A Woman Reading and a Man Seated at a Table

1676

Nude woman in a candlelit bedchamber beside a sleeping man, with a figure spying from the doorway and a classical statue.

Gyges Spying on Queen Nyssia in the bedroom of King Candaules

1670

Painting of a seated woman and a child reading on her blue lap, with an older man behind them in a dim room.

The Child's Lesson

1656

Man in purple robe tuning a lute at a marble table with a wine glass, books, feather and red cloth.

A Man Tuning a Violin

1680

Elderly couple in a dim wooden interior; the woman plucks a goose while the man smokes a pipe by a window.

An Elderly Couple in an Interior

1650

Boy blowing bubbles from a pipe at an arched window, with a woman behind him, a sunflower and vine nearby.

Boy Blowing Bubbles

1663

Woman in white satin bodice and black skirt stands in a dim room, with a servant holding a box and a red cloak on a chair.

A Woman Standing before a Mirror

1662

Woman reading sheet music as a man in a feathered hat plays violin beside her in a dim interior with a jug and glass.

Woman with sheet music and a man with a violin

1659

Woman in satin dress reading a songbook beside a lute, with a statue in a niche and an oriental carpet, in a dark interior.

Woman singing

1671

Half-length portrait of a woman in a red beret and black dress holding a rose against a dark background.

Portrait of Cunera van der Cock, wife of the painter

1662

Oval painting of a smiling man in a red velvet beret with a feather plume and a striped scarf against a dark background.

“Self-Portrait” with a Plumed Beret

1668

Half-length portrait of a man in a feathered hat and white collar raising a glass, painted against a dark background.

Selfportrait of Frans van Mieris (I)

1655

Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681) was a painter from the Dutch Republic. Frans van Mieris the Elder was born and died in Leiden. The work of Frans van Mieris the Elder is associated with Baroque. Browse 50 works by Frans van Mieris the Elder from 27 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata