Frans van Mieris (II), by Jacob Houbraken

Frans van Mieris, the younger (24 November 168922 October 1763) was a Dutch

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. He was born in

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

, the son of

Willem van Mieris Willem van Mieris (3 June 166226 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Willem van Mieris was a painter, sculptor and etcher active in Leiden. He was born in Leiden and studied under his father Frans ...

, and also followed the traditions of his grandfather,

Frans Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...

's studio. Willem bequeathed his painting room to his son Frans. Neither Willem nor Frans the younger equalled Frans the elder in artistic reputation. Frans died in Leiden.

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'' (1703–1715) *''Flower'' (1720) *''Old Peasant Holding a Jug'' (1731) *''Old Man With the Book'' *''Three Generations'' (1742) *''Portrait of

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'' (1750) *''Portrait of

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'' (1752)

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Gerard van Loon Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

'' (c. 1704–1763)

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1689 births 1763 deaths 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters Artists from Leiden {{Netherlands-painter-stub