A Woman Playing a Lute
About this artwork
Frans van Mieris trained with Gerrit Dou and became one of the best known Dutch fijnschilders (fine painters), who were famous for their meticulous and highly finished style. He faithfully depicted a specific type of lute, popular in the Netherlands and the British Isles in the second half of the seventeenth century, and the correct position of the fingers playing. It has not been possible yet to identify the music on the song sheet.
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artist:Frans van Mieris, the Elder (1635 - 1681) Netherlandish
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title:A Woman Playing a Lute
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date created:1663
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:22.60 x 18.60 cm; Framed: 33.70 x 29.20 x 6.00 cm / 2.00 kg
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to The National Galleries of Scotland 2005
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accession number:NG 2795
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Frans van Mieris, the Elder
Frans van Mieris, the Elder
Alongside his teacher Gerard Dou, Frans van Mieris the Elder was the most prominent of the so-called ‘Leiden fine painters’, excelling in small-scale, highly refined paintings, mostly of domestic scenes. He spent his whole career in his hometown of Leiden and was the first of the Van Mieris dynasty...