id:			107232
accession number:	1925.1223
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1223
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:02.105000

Frans van Mieris I, 1655–90. Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690), Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690), Frans I van Mieris (Dutch, 1635–1681). Mezzotint; sheet: 22.7 x 16.7 cm (8 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.); platemark: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1925.1223

title:				Frans van Mieris I
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series:				
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creation date:			1655–90
creation date earliest:		1655
creation date latest:		1690
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	mezzotint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Mezzotint
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 185 (II.243)

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CREATORS

* Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690)  - artist

* Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690)  - published by

* Frans I van Mieris (Dutch, 1635–1681)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22.7 x 16.7 cm (8 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.); Platemark: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
state of the work:	ii/ii
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	across bottom, in plate: Dus kon FRANS MIERIS hand, alleen met kool of kryt, / Op dood Fransyn, syn zelfs Gedaente 't wesen geven; / Maer wie 't Mirakel wil zien eelder Levend' Leven; / Let hoe Penseel en verw met 't leven dingt om stryd. / Indien 't Pharhasius en Leuxis mogien zien: / Sy staekten 't wedspel, streen wie d'eer krans hem zou bien. / F.v.Mieris delin.   A Blooteling Fecit et exc.   W.v. Heemskerk; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: no.16 / /-x.-. ; lower left, in graphite: T
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century
	opening date:   1973-07-10T04:00:00
	<i>Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).

	title:		Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle
	opening date:   1984-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Colnaghi, London 12/8/25).
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