Lady at Her Dressing Table

Item

Creator

Attributed to Willem Van Mieris (1662-1747)

[Christie’s: alternative attribution to Jan van Mieris can be considered.]
[Margreet van der Hut, in Jan van Mieris (1660-1690): His Life and Work. Zaandijk: Uitgeverij CASAE, 2021, p. 61 – includes this painting within Jan van Mieris’ accepted works; [Catalogue Raisonné Accepted Works], no. 14, illus.

Title

Lady at Her Dressing Table

Description

Oil on panel
12 x 10 in. (c. 30.5 x 25.4 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous, France (sale, Paris, J.B.P. Lebrun, 4 April 1799, lot 46, as Frans van Mieris). Possibly Michel-Jean-Maximillien Villers (1769-1839), Paris (sale, Paris, J.B.P. Lebrun, 31 March 1812, lot 72, as Jan van Mieris, sold for 504f to Louis Jamar). Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne d’Aynac (1816-1852), Paris (sale, Paris, Defer and Roussel, 17 May 1852, lot 47 as Jan van Mieris, sold for 3082 francs). [Martin Henry Colnaghi (1821-1908), London, (sale, London, Robinson, Fisher & Co., 19 November 1908, lot 101)]. William Pitt, Esq., Baltimore, by 1911. [Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, by November 1944, sold to]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, and Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, sold November 1944 to]; Arthur William Sidney Herrington (1891-1970) and Nell C. Herrington (1891-1966), Indianapolis, Indiana, by inheritance to their son; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, bequest 2018 to; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
[1] Refer to the curatorial/object file.

Auction Catalogues

1799 – J.B.P. Lebrun, Paris, Catalogue d’une Riche Collection Variée de Tableaux des Trois Écoles, provenant de divers Cabinets Célébres, 12-19 Germinal an 7th [1-8 April 1799], lot 46 by Frans van Mieris, offered for sale [transaction unknown] on 4 April 1799, 426 francs.

1812 – J.B.P. Lebrun, Paris, Catalogue d’une Collection Capitale provenance du Cabinet de M. Villers, Architecte, compose de Tableaux des Trois Écoles, 30 March-1 April 1812, lot 72 by Jean Mieris Levieux [Jan van Mieris], sold on 31 March 1812, for 506f to Louis Jamar.

1852 – Defer and Roussel, Paris, Catalogue d’un Prècieuse Collection de Tableaux Anciens des Maîtres Allemands, Flamands et Hollandais de Quelques Gravures [….] don’t la Vente aura lieu Par suite du décès de M. le Général Comte De Turenne, ancient Pair de France, etc., 17-19 May 1852, lot 47 sold on 17 May, as Jan van Mieris, for 3082 francs.

1908 – Robinson, Fisher & Co., London, A Catalogue of the Third Portion of the Collection of Pictures, The Property of The late Mr. Martin H. Colnaghi, of the Marlborough Gallery, Pall Mall, 19 November 1908, lot 101.

Exhibitions

1964 – Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington of Indianapolis, Indiana, European and American Paintings and Graphic Art; European, American, and Oriental Decorative Arts, 27 September – 25 October 1964, no. 21, illus.

1968 – Indianapolis, IN, Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, The Nell Clarke Herrington Memorial Exhibition, 7-28 April 1968, Bulletin/Catalogue, Spring 1968, p. 27, illus.

1968 – Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Civic and Cultural Center, Selections from the Herrington Collection, Inaugural Exhibition of the Arts Museum, 3-19 May 1968, no. 24, illus.

1979 – Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, 17th Century Dutch Painting: Raising the Curtain on New England Private Collections, 15 September to 11 November 1979, no. 15, pp. 57-61, illus.

References

Hofstede de Groot, C. Beschreibendes und Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der Hervorragendsten Holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts. Vol. 10. Stuttgart: Paul Neff Verlag, 1928, p.24, no. 82d.

Well, James. 17th Century Dutch Painting: Raising the Curtain on New England Private Collections. Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum, 1979, pp. 57-61, no. 15.

Naumann, Otto. Frans van Mieris (1635-1681) The Elder. Vol. 2. Doornspijk: Davaco Publishers, 1981, p. 151, no. C 51.

Hut, Margreet van der. Jan van Mieris (1660-1690): His Life and Work. Zaandijk: Uitgeverij CASAE, 2021, p. 61 [Catalogue Raisonné Accepted Works], no. 14, illus.

Frick Photo Archive, Frick Art Reference Library, New York.
Frick Set: (Welu, 1979)
Frans van Mieris Lady at Her Dressing Table

Status

Under research