Frans van (dit le Vieux) Mieris, 1671 - The interrupted song: portrait of the artist and his wife - fine art print

Artwork information by Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris website (© Copyright - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

Mieris, during his lifetime, had a great vogue which was maintained all through the eighteenth century. From the late nineteenth century, it undergoes, however disaffection that reached all fijnschilders - "precious painters" - Leiden school of which he is one of the brightest représentants.Cette painting innuendos gallant, which combine as often in Holland in the seventeenth century, love and music, represents the artist and his wife, Cunera van der Cock (1629/1630 - 1700). It also illustrates the theme of the five sens.Ayant belonged to Count Charles de Perregaux, the painting was sold by his heirs, including his son Edward who ruined himself to maintain the beautiful Marie Duplesssis. One can imagine what proceeds allowed to offer camellias at the famous courtesan. The two lovers were used as models to Alexandre Dumas son for heroes, Armand Duval and Marguerite Gautier, in his novel, "The Lady of the Camellias".

Cupid Love = (Roman mythology); Mieris, Frans van (called Old); Van der Cock, Cunera

Genre scene, Self Portrait, Couple, Singing, Sens (senses), Dog, Flower Bouquet, Palace

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The painting was created by the painter Frans van (dit le Vieux) Mieris. The 340 years old artpiece has the following size of Height: 26,8 cm, Width: 21,5 cm. Oil painting was applied by the artist as the medium of the work of art. The original artwork is inscribed with the following text: "Date and signature - Bottom left: "F.van Mieris 1671"". This work of art belongs to the digital art collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. With courtesy of Petit Palais Paris (licensed - public domain).: . On top of that, alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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