MIERIS, FRANS VAN

(1635–1681)

Painter. Van Mieris won fame as one of Leiden’s “fine” painters. He was a skillful follower of the style and genre of his master, Gerard Dou (1613–1675). His grandson Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763) was also a painter, notably of por traits, who gained fame as a historian. He edited the sources for the his tory of the counts of Hollandand of his hometown Leiden, of which he also wrote a history. He published on numismatics as well.