Francis Mieris 1635-1681

1777

Frans van Mieris, Artist William Baillie, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Francis Mieris 1635-1681

Artwork Date 1777

Makers Frans van Mieris (Artist) Dutch, 1635-1681 William Baillie (Artist) English, 1723-1810

Medium Etching printed in black ink on chine-collé

Dimensions Plate: 11 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (29.2 × 22.2 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 1/8 inches (41.9 × 30.8 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S35

Markings

Signed Signed, lower right: W Baillie f

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, below image: Mieris del.t Inscribed, center lower margin: FRAN.s MIERIS. | From a Drawing in the Collectin of the Earl of Bute. | Pub. Janry. 1777 Inscribed, in ink, lower margin: No 35. Portrait of Francis Mieris - By - Captain William Baillie.

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June 1885, N.C. Perkins.
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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William Baillie; after Frans van Mieris, Francis Mieris 1635-1681, 1777, etching printed in black ink on chine-collé. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S35.