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| Frans van Mieris Woman feeding a Parrot 1663 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Frans van Mieris The Old Violinist 1660 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Frans van Mieris Man seated at a Table with Woman reading ca. 1676 oil on panel Leiden Collection, New York |
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| Frans van Mieris Man and Woman with Two Dogs 1660 oil on panel Mauritshuis, The Hague |
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| Frans van Mieris The Letter Writer 1680 oil on panel Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Frans van Mieris The Drummer Boy 1670 oil on copper private collection |
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| Frans van Mieris Soldier smoking a Pipe ca. 1655-57 oil on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Frans van Mieris The Interrupted Song 1671 oil on panel Musée du Petit Palais, Paris |
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| Frans van Mieris The Oyster Meal 1661 oil on panel Mauritshuis, The Hague |
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| Frans van Mieris Woman threading Pearls 1658 oil on panel Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
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| Frans van Mieris Portrait of a Man 1669 oil on panel Leiden Collection, New York |
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| Frans van Mieris Portrait of a Woman 1669 oil on panel Leiden Collection, New York |
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| Frans van Mieris Woman with a Dog (Portrait of the Artist's wife, Cunera van der Cock) 1662 oil on panel Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts |
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| Frans van Mieris Portrait of the Artist's wife, Cunera van der Cock 1662 oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Frans van Mieris Self Portrait 1662 oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
"Frans van Mieris, born in Leiden on April 16, 1635, came from a family of gold- and silversmiths. From about 1649 to 1654 Van Mieris trained with three artists in his native Leiden, the most important being Gerrit Dou (1613- 1675). Van Mieris spent his entire career in Leiden, where he gained well-deserved fame and fortune. He initially adopted Dou's fine manner of execution and humble subject matter, but he soon developed an interst in social interactions generally absent from Dou's work. Despite his extraordinary success, Van Mieris seems to have been inept in finance. Documents from the time describe him deeply in debt to landlords, innkeepers, and even fellow artists. In 1675 Van Mieris's wife, Cunera, went so far as to request payment from a patron of her husband's fee and stipulated that it be sent directly to her and without his knowledge, because the money would otherwise disappear 'like acid on an etching plate.' Van Mieris died in debt on March 21, 1681."
– extracted from biographical sketch, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC