2013.97: Portrait of Frans van Mieris

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2013.97

People

Carel de Moor, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1655-1738 Warmond, Netherlands)
After Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1635 - 1681 Leiden, Netherlands)

Title

Portrait of Frans van Mieris

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1690

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349751

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching, with drawn additions in gray wash, on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 21.6 x 15.7 cm (8 1/2 x 6 3/16 in.)
sheet: 24.7 x 18.9 cm (9 3/4 x 7 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: cardinal's head
• inscription: black ink, below image: F. Mieris / quere? If from a Painting by C. de. Moor. C.H. Van Mieris fect.? [there is an erased graphite inscription below this]
• inscription: graphite, below image: FRANS VA MIERIS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Emanuel von Baeyer, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

possibly unknown state before ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein XIV.3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchased in memory of Walter C. Klein by fellow Print Collections Committee members: the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Ellen von Seggern and Jan Richter, Mrs. Mariot Solomon, Jeanne Champion, Vivian and Lionel Spiro Fund, and Marjorie B. Cohn; and the Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

2013

Object Number

2013.97

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Prints and Drawings 1450-1900/1933-2000, auct. cat., Emanuel von Baeyer (London, 2013), no. 18, repr.

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