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Frans van Mieris the Elder

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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

Seated soldier in a dim interior smoking a long pipe, with a table of cards and a jug and armor nearby.

A Soldier Smoking a Pipe

1657

Seated man with reddish hair holds a wicker flask in a stone archway, with a staff and fur at his side and a landscape beyond

Resting Traveller

1657

Seated woman with open songbook, a man with wine glass behind her, sleeping spaniel and flowers beside an arched window.

The interrupted song

1671

Painting of a richly dressed woman slumped in a chair beside a dagger, with a grieving older woman behind her in a dark inter

Death of Lucretia

1679

Half-length portrait of a man with long brown hair in a black cloak and white collar, hand on chest, before a sky.

Portrait of a Fifty-Two-Year Old man, probably François de la Boe Sylvius

1665

Woman with a lapdog and an older maidservant behind her, with a decanter, orange and sealed letter on a table.

Woman with a Lapdog, Accompanied by a Maidservant

1680

Oil portrait of a man with long hair in a brown cloak leaning on a stone balustrade, with garden trees and a spire behind.

Portrait of a Thirty-Year Old man

1669

Oil portrait of a woman in white and red satin with pearls, beside a balustrade, a cherub and dusk landscape behind her.

Portrait of a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Woman

1669

Oval portrait of a bearded man in a red turban with a white feather and fur-trimmed robe, against a dark background.

“Self-Portrait” in Fanciful Dress

1667

Woman in satin gown and feathered headdress gazing into a mirror beside a spaniel and a carved chair in a dim interior.

Dame vor einem Spiegel

1670

Woman in red hat and blue dress lifts a finger beside a wooden box with a bird, before a dusky landscape.

De ontsnapte vogel: allegorie op de verloren kuisheid

1676

Painting of a man in a fur hat and a seated woman in satin holding an orange, with a peacock and red drape.

Een heer en een dame

1678

Trompe-l'oeil still life of a flower garland with roses and tulips, a red butterfly, and a blue silk curtain on a brass rod.

Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain

1658

Woman in red fur-trimmed jacket feeding a grey parrot on a wooden perch in a dark interior.

A Woman in a Red Jacket feeding a Parrot

1663

Painting of a tavern interior with a man drinking from a tankard, a woman in a white cap, and a seated man at a table.

Tavern Scene

1655

Woman in a lace blouse and satin dress playing a lute beside an open music book, against a dark background.

La Joueuse de théorbe

1663

Drawing of a smiling man in a feathered hat and lace collar, seated at a table with playing cards and an hourglass.

The Cardplayer

1655-81

Black chalk drawing of a curly-haired young boy with a lace collar, gazing forward within an arched border.

Portrait of a Young Boy

17th century