Jan van Mieris (1660-1690)
Subtitle: his life and work
By: Margreet van der Hut
Contributors: Mieris, Jan van, 1660-1690
Series: Karel van Mander Academy, Visual Heritage Series in the Netherlands = KVMA, Reeks voor Visueel Erfgoed in Nederland -- 4; Karel van Mander Academy Reeks voor Visueel Erfgoed in Nederland -- 4.; Visual Heritage Series in the Netherlands -- 4.
Publisher: Uitgeverij CASAE
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Zaandijk
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9789083103112; 9789083103129
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Pictorial works; Dutch Painting; Painters
Other titles: Jan van Mieris :
Description: Jan van Mieris was trained by his famous father Frans, and worked in the tradition of the Leiden 'fijnschilders'. Art historian and former owner M.J. Ripps about his Self-Portrait: "The theme of the artist with the tools of his trade to hand has a robust tradition on both sides of the Alps. In the middle sixteenth-century artists such as Catherina Sanders van Hemessen (c. 1500 - 1566) and Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532 - 1625) memorably depicted themselves with brushes, palette, and Mahlstick, as did leading artists of the subsequent generations. Jan van Mieris' self-portrait is in dialogue with that of his father Frans, and engages a tradition that ultimately reaches back to Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400 - 1464) and forward to Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) - critical reference points with which the elder and younger Mieris would have been well acquainted. And by placing themselves at a ledge, father and son invoked a pictorial tradition with roots in Raphael's iconic portrait of Castiglione. In this little self-portrait, thus, grand traditions are encapsulated in miniature"
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and indexes.

In English with some text in Dutch