LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

14.65 in. (37.20 cm.) (height) by 12.48 in. (31.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

dated '1735', u.r.; inscribed bears a Willem van Mieris signature, u.r.

Literature:

C. Wansink, 'Hieronymus van der Mij als historie- en genreschilder', Oud Holland 99 (1985), pp. 206, 212, no. 5, reproduced p. 205, fig. 7.

Provenance:

Floris Drabbe collection, Leiden; His sale, Leiden, 1 April 1743, lot 30, to Wierman; Anonymous sale, Cologne, Neven, 17 March 1879, lot 147, as "La Bonne Mère", both the above as Hieronymus van der Mij; Bentinck collection, Weldam castle, till 1942, as by Willem van Mieris; Collection of the grandfather of the present owner, bought after 1945 as a present for his wife; Thence by descent.