Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 1) (London: Smith and Son, 1829)

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SCHOLARS AND IMITATORS
OF
FRANCIS MIERIS.

William Mieris, surnamed the younger, was born at
Leyden, in 1662 : he received his instructions in painting from
his father, whose works he at first copied and ever afterwards
imitated ; but his best productions (although finished with infi-
nite care) are greatly inferior to those of his father.
He died in 1747.
Francis Van Mieris. He was a grandson of the elder
Mieris, and learnt the art of painting under his father; but,
unhappily, nature had neither endowed him with taste or
talents requisite for an artist, and his pictures are merely the
efforts of manual labour.
Karel de Moor was born at Leyden, in 1656. He was
at first a pupil of Gerard Dow, and afterwards of Vanden
Temple; and, lastly, of Francis Mieris: in the school of the
latter he distinguished himself by his superior talents, and,
ultimately, formed a style of his own. He possessed a ready
invention, with correct drawing and good colour.
He died in 1738.