Frans van Mieris the Elder

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Frans van Mieris the Elder was a renowned 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painter celebrated for his finely detailed genre scenes and portraits in the Leiden fijnschilder tradition.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Golden Age painter
genre painter
human
painter
portrait painter
activeYearsEnd 1681
activeYearsStart 1650
artisticSchoolOrTradition fijnschilder
child Jan van Mieris NERFINISHED
Willem van Mieris NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth 1635-04-16
dateOfDeath 1681-03-12
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName van Mieris NERFINISHED
father Jan Bastiaansz van Mieris NERFINISHED
genre genre painting
history painting
portrait
tronie
givenName Frans
influenced Jan van Mieris NERFINISHED
Willem van Mieris NERFINISHED
influencedBy Gerrit Dou NERFINISHED
memberOf Leiden Guild of St. Luke
movement Baroque
Dutch Golden Age
Leiden fijnschilder school
name Frans van Mieris the Elder NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableWork Self-Portrait of the Artist with His Wife
The Doctor’s Visit
The Duet
The Oyster Meal
notedFor elegant interior scenes
finely detailed genre scenes
highly polished surfaces
occupation draughtsman
painter
partOf Leiden school of painting NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Leiden NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Leiden NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Cunera van der Cock
studentOf Abraham van den Tempel NERFINISHED
Gerrit Dou NERFINISHED
style highly finished small-scale cabinet pieces
workLocation Leiden NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Guild of Saint Luke (Delft)
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