Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)
Lot 200

Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist among ruins

Closed10 December 2014

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EUR 3,250

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Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)
The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist among ruins
black and white chalk, on blue paper
11½ x 9¼ in. (29 x 23.5 cm.)

Specialist note

A preparatory study for a painting of the same subject formerly with Rafael Valls, London (in 2001), which was signed and dated 1708 and was commissioned by van Mieris's patron Pieter de la Court van der Voort (1664-1739) (see C.W. Fock, 'Willem van Mieris en zijn maecenas Pieter de la Court van der Voort', Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, II, 1984, p. 274).