This is Jan van Mieris

Jan van Mieris (17 June 1660 – 17 March 1690) was a Dutch painter.

He was born in Leiden, the eldest son of Frans van Mieris the Elder. His younger brother Willem van Mieris was next a painter. Jan researcher the art of painting from his father, and from Gerard de Lairesse in Amsterdam, where he bookish to paint history pieces. In his youth, various sicknesses impeded him in the momentum of his studies. His sham was especially appreciated by members of the de la Court family. He had a sister Christina.

Jan’s patron Petronella de la Court (1624-1707) owned three of his paintings, her son Adam Oortmans II (1662-1719) had four. He plus painted portraits for this family, one of Petronella, one of her husband Adam Oortmans I (1622-1684) and one of their great-nephew Pieter de la Court van der Voort (1664-1739). The latter had two pairs of pendants, genre pieces, by Jan.

Around 1686–87, he traveled taking into account Adam Oortmans II to Italy, presumably via Vienna, as the emperor had been a client of his father. The journey continued towards Venice, where Jan wrote a letter to his mom in January 1689. In it he tells that there was no immersion in his be active there and that he would grow Florence, where the fame of his father’s merit procured him a most honourable reception from Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

He after that proceeded to Rome, where, reportedly, his abilities were already capably known, and his works exceedingly coveted. In that city Jan found himself between a action of juvenile painters following a bad call, probably the so-called Bentvueghels, and his condition worsened, but he continued to operate for as long as he could. He died in Rome. An account of Jan’s last days has been published by the painter Erasmus Causse (1660-1738) who also describes Jan’s funeral outside the city open of Rome. More than 40 works by Jan van Mieris are known, including one that he painted in Rome, dated 1690.

Jan van Mieris was not isolated a painter, but in addition to a poet. He made a rhymed translation of the play Aminta by the Italian stage poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) and wrote a number of poems, including one upon a painting by his daddy and one upon a doctorate from a buddy at Leiden University. His saying was Horace’s Ut pictura poesis, which means “as is painting therefore is poetry”. His studious work is kept in the Leiden University Library. The paintings of Jan van Mieris are spread all over the world in various museums and collections. The Netherlands Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden has six paintings, including his large self-portrait.

This article incorporates text from a broadcast now in the public domain: Rose, Hugh James (1857). “Mieris, John”. A New General Biographical Dictionary. 10 MAR–PAY. London: B. Fellowes et al. p. 136.