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Willem van Mieris: An Old Man Reading  wikidata:Q107539014 reasonator:Q107539014
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Willem van Mieris  (1662–1747)  wikidata:Q1348950
 
Willem van Mieris
Description Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and ornamental painter
Date of birth/death 3 June 1662 Edit this at Wikidata 26 January 1747 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Leiden
Work period from 1684 until 1747
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1684-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1747-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Leiden Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1348950
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Title
An Old Man Reading
label QS:Len,"An Old Man Reading"
label QS:Les,"Ein Mann in Schlafrock und Pelzmütze liest eine Zeitung"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1729 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 15 cm (5.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 13 cm (5.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+15U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+13U174728
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institution QS:P195,Q768717
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Provenance:

  • Johan Hendrik Graaf van Wassenaer Obdam (1683-1745), Kneuterdijk, The Hague;
  • His sale, The Hague, De Hondt, 19 August 1750, lot 63, for 28 guilders;
  • Where acquired by his brother Unico Wilhelm Graaf van Wassenaer Obdam (1692-1766);
  • Thence by inheritance to his wife Dodonea Lucia van Goslinga (1702-1769), The Hague,
  • until sold Amsterdam, Posthumus, 25 October 1769, lot 48, for 50 guilders.
  • Auction: Sotheby's, Old Master Paintings, lot 28
Inscriptions signed and dated upper left: Willem van Mieris. Fe anno 1729
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