Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Willem van Mieris
Preciosa recognised as Constanza
Lot Closed
March 24, 03:10 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Willem van Mieris
Leiden 1662 - 1747
Preciosa recognised as Constanza
Black chalk and grey wash;
bears signature in pen and brown ink, lower centre: W. Mieris.
unframed: 189 by 225 mm
framed: 370 by 406 mm
Private collection, Germany;
private collection, The Netherlands;
with Christina van Marle, Amsterdam, 1994 (Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, no. 14)
A.J. Elen, 'Additions to Willem van Mieris's Rape of Lucretia: An Example of the Artist's Working Methods,' Master Drawings, vol. 50, no. 4 (Winter 2012), p. 538, n. 9