Frans Van Mieris

Place: Leiden

Born: 1635

Death: 1681

Biography:

Frans van Mieris, the elder (16 April 1635 – 12 March 1681), was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) and his grandson Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763) were also accomplished genre painters. Frans was born and died in Leiden, where h...