Lot 155: Jan van Mieris (Leyden 1660 - 1690 Roma / Rome)

A young woman sleeping in a wooded landscape, oil on canvas, 40 x 32.5 cm, framed, (Wo)

Certificate: Walther Bernt, 22 Februay 1971, as an autograph work by Jan van Mieris. Otto Naumann confirmed the authorship of Jan van Mieris for the present painting on the basis of a photograph. He compares it with a closely related work by Jan van Mieris, Pyramus and Thisbe, in the Staatlichen Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe, which is signed and dated 1679 (Inv. 274).