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Willem Van Mieris

Willem Van Mieris (1662 - 1747) was active/lived in Germany.  Willem Van Mieris is known for Portrait, figure, landscape and allegorical paintings.

Willem van Mieris was a leader of highly finished genre pieces, a tradition begun by Gerrit Dou and continued by Willem's father, Frans van Mieris the Elder, in Leiden. After studying with his father, van Mieris entered the Leiden guild, where he served as the hoofman until 1708, as well as the dean of the guild. In 1736, he founded a drawing Academy in Leiden with fellow artists Jacob Toorenvliet and Karl de Moor, and functioned as its director until 1736. He continued to paint genre scenes and portraits throughout this period until the late 1730's, when his eyesight began to fail.

The 1820's critic John Smith wrote of the "extraordinary delicacy and finish" in Mieris' paintings. Our picture, Domestic Virtue, exhibits this endearing quality, portraying a peasant family gathered in the center of their cottage. The woman, who slips one foot out of her shoe and gently rests it on the foot warmer, leans tenderly toward her sleeping infant. Her husband leans over them both, s   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2489 characters.]  Artist bio

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