The Grocer’s Shop, Frans van Mieris (II), 1715
Dutch Golden Age
1715
39.0 x 34.0 cm
Frans van Mieris (1635 – 1681)
Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681): Dutch Golden Age master of 'fijnschilder' genre scenes & portraits, renowned for exquisite detail and depictions of affluent 17th-century life.
The grocer. Face in a stone window on a grocery store where a young woman weighs raisins for a woman with a boy. In the shop there are shelves with all kinds of products, on the windowsill there is a cheese. Under the windowsill a bas-relief with musical putti.
About this artwork
- Title: The Grocer’s Shop, Frans van Mieris (II), 1715
- Artist: Frans van Mieris
- Year: 1715
- Original dimensions: 39.0 x 34.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Corpus context: family life depicted, genre painting focus
- Color palette: Earthy
- Keywords: still life painting, raisins & cheese, fijnschilder style
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