Frans van Mieris the Younger - Bacchus and Ariadne - image-1

Lot 1104 Dα

Frans van Mieris the Younger - Bacchus and Ariadne

Auction 1040 - overview Cologne
15.11.2014, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculptures
Estimate: 35.000 € - 45.000 €
Result: 37.200 € (incl. premium)
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Frans van Mieris the Younger

Bacchus and Ariadne

Oil on panel. 45 x 61 cm.
Signed lower center: F. Mieris f.

With a collector's stamp inscribed "DrFR" to the reverse.
Frans van Mieris the Younger took after his grandfather of the same name as a painter of genre scenes, but he also painted portraits and mythological motifs, among them this signed depiction of Bacchus and Ariadne. The figures and landscape of this image are similar to a signed “Diana and Endymion” by the artist, dated 1712 (Christie's, Amsterdam, 27.11.1986, lot 46). In both paintings, the divine couple forms the centre of the composition and the landscape is characterised by extreme attention to detail in the tradition of Leiden glaze painting, but also by the warm light typical of the Italianates.

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland. - 557th Lempertz auction, Cologne, 2.-9.5.1977, lot 78. - Private collection, Hessia.