Frans van Mieris I

1655–90

Abraham Blooteling

Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690)

Prints

Frans van Mieris I, 1655–90. Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690), Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690), Frans I van Mieris (Dutch, 1635–1681). Mezzotint; sheet: 22.7 x 16.7 cm (8 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.); platemark: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1925.1223

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Blooteling, Abraham
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: mezzotint
Medium: mezzotint
Dimensions: Sheet: 22.7 x 16.7 cm (8 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.); Platemark: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: across bottom, in plate: Dus kon FRANS MIERIS hand, alleen met kool of kryt, / Op dood Fransyn, syn zelfs Gedaente 't wesen geven; / Maer wie 't Mirakel wil zien eelder Levend' Leven; / Let hoe Penseel en verw met 't leven dingt om stryd. / Indien 't Pharhasius en Leuxis mogien zien: / Sy staekten 't wedspel, streen wie d'eer krans hem zou bien. / F.v.Mieris delin. A Blooteling Fecit et exc. W.v. Heemskerk; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: no.16 / /-x.-. ; lower left, in graphite: T
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1925.1223
Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Exhibitions: Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century, Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle
Rights Statement: CC0