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Two Girls at Play
Lost Art-ID
530332
Artist / Creator
Mieris, Willem van
Birth
1662.06.03, Leiden
Death
1747.01.27, Leiden
Place of activity
Leiden
Title
Two Girls at Play
Dating
1726
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Panel (Oak) / painted
Height
38.00 cm
Width
30.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 247
Description
Signed and dated: „W. van Mieris f. 1726“; two girls stand in an arched window; a red Smyrna carpet hangs from the windowsill down over a relief (goat and child with mask); behind them, a boy stands with a red flag; a lot of toys lie on the windowsill, including knucklebones, small kitchen utensils and a puppet theater.
Provenance
According to Hofstede de Groot, the painting was sold to v. d. Bergh on April 20, 1816 at Dr. Luchtmans in Rotterdam (lot no. 98), together with the counterpart [Ahv 248]. According to Aldenhoven, the painting was acquired, together with no. 248, in 1818 for the sum of 2000 thalers; provenance note in the 1826 inventory: duke August. Still in the museum in 1943 (catalog 1943, p. 173); current location: Pushkin Museum Moscow, object: 1010175, number: ЭЖ-959 (40.8 x 32.8 cm).
Literature / Source
Inventar 1826 (Verzeichnis), Abt. IX, Nr. 12; Inventar 1854 Schneider, Abt. VIII, Nr. 12; Katalog 1943, Bl. 173; Verlustdokumentation Neumeister; Verzeichnis Moskau 1995, Nr. 37 (39,9 x 31,9 cm)
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Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
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Schlossplatz 1
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Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
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