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WILLIAM MIERIS.
9. The Flight into Egypt. The sacred persons are here
represented halting on their journey; and the Virgin appears
to be rendering thanks for the preservation of her infant
from the cruelty of Herod. Before her lies the babe asleep
on some linen spread over straw. Joseph views from a little
distance the scene.
Sold in the Collection of M. A. Kleynenbergh, 1841. 710 flo.
and 10 p. c. (about 657.) Bought by Mr. Burton.
10. The Fish Dealers. A man and a woman at an arched
window; the latter, wearing a light coloured dress, holds a
herring in her hand, and is looking at the former, who is on
her right, for his approval of the fish. A basket containing
fish is on the sill, and a variety of objects appropriate with
the business are introduced. The Companion.
11. A Fruit Shop. This, like the preceding, is composed
of a man and a woman at an arched window, on the sill of
which, and in the interior of the place and surrounding wall,
are displayed a variety of fruit, nuts, and other objects.
About 19 m. by 16.—P.
Sold in the Collection of the late M. A. Kleynenbergh, Leyden,
1841. 2011 flo. and 10 p. c. (about 1867.) Bought by Mr. Nieu-
wenhuys. These are considered by some connoisseurs to be by
Francis Mieris, junior.
12. A Bourgeois enjoying his Glass. A respectable look-
ing man, dressed in a brown coat, and a blue velvet cap
bordered with fur, seated at an arched window, with a pipe
in one hand, and a glass of liquor in the other. His atten-
tion is directed to a young woman, who stands on his right,
with a jug in her hand. A tobacco box, some dried fish,
and a pot of embers, are on the window-sill, the underpart of
which is decorated with a bas-relief of boys. Dated 1735.
13^ in. by 11^.—P.
Formerly in the Collection of John Slater, Esq.
WILLIAM MIERIS.
9. The Flight into Egypt. The sacred persons are here
represented halting on their journey; and the Virgin appears
to be rendering thanks for the preservation of her infant
from the cruelty of Herod. Before her lies the babe asleep
on some linen spread over straw. Joseph views from a little
distance the scene.
Sold in the Collection of M. A. Kleynenbergh, 1841. 710 flo.
and 10 p. c. (about 657.) Bought by Mr. Burton.
10. The Fish Dealers. A man and a woman at an arched
window; the latter, wearing a light coloured dress, holds a
herring in her hand, and is looking at the former, who is on
her right, for his approval of the fish. A basket containing
fish is on the sill, and a variety of objects appropriate with
the business are introduced. The Companion.
11. A Fruit Shop. This, like the preceding, is composed
of a man and a woman at an arched window, on the sill of
which, and in the interior of the place and surrounding wall,
are displayed a variety of fruit, nuts, and other objects.
About 19 m. by 16.—P.
Sold in the Collection of the late M. A. Kleynenbergh, Leyden,
1841. 2011 flo. and 10 p. c. (about 1867.) Bought by Mr. Nieu-
wenhuys. These are considered by some connoisseurs to be by
Francis Mieris, junior.
12. A Bourgeois enjoying his Glass. A respectable look-
ing man, dressed in a brown coat, and a blue velvet cap
bordered with fur, seated at an arched window, with a pipe
in one hand, and a glass of liquor in the other. His atten-
tion is directed to a young woman, who stands on his right,
with a jug in her hand. A tobacco box, some dried fish,
and a pot of embers, are on the window-sill, the underpart of
which is decorated with a bas-relief of boys. Dated 1735.
13^ in. by 11^.—P.
Formerly in the Collection of John Slater, Esq.