id: 329339 accession number: 2019.10 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.10 updated: The Bird Seller, c. 1700–10. Willem van Mieris (Dutch, 1662–1747). Black and white chalk on blue paper, laid down on brown paper; sheet: 26 x 22.3 cm (10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2019.10 title: The Bird Seller title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1700–10 creation date earliest: 1695 creation date latest: 1715 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, 17th-18th century technique: black and white chalk on blue paper, laid down on brown paper department: Drawings collection: DR - Dutch type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Willem van Mieris (Dutch, 1662–1747) - artist Dutch painter and printmaker, 1662-1747 --- measurements: Sheet: 26 x 22.3 cm (10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Christie's, London, England date: July 8, 2003 footnotes: citations: Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands date: 2003-2019 footnotes: citations: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 4, 2019 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: In 17th-century Holland, market scenes portraying a man and a woman often had amorous undertones. digital description: In this market scene, the Dutch artist Willem van Mieris portrayed a man and woman in a poultry shop who negotiate over the price of a bird. A curtain is pulled aside above to reveal the scene—as if the viewer sees something in secret—while a faux relief panel below them portrays amorous putti. Market scenes portraying a man and a woman often carried amorous or lascivious connotations in 17th-century Holland, undertones that were acknowledged and enjoyed by the middle-class patrons who purchased such works. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.10/2019.10_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.10/2019.10_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.10/2019.10_full.tif