Art Institute of Chicago
A Mother Feeding her Child (The Happy Mother)
Willem van Mieris (Dutch, 1662–1747)
- Date
- 1707
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Culture
- Holland
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Willem van Mieris employed the highly finished, enamel-like technique known as “fine painting” to achieve a surface that shows no obvious traces of brushwork. In this scene of domestic life, Van Mieris deftly translated highlights on the cane bassinet and ceramic pitcher on the table with the tip of his brush. While painters like Gerard ter Borch and Caspar Netscher reserved this time-consuming style for rare and expensive textiles like silk, Van Mieris applied it to more commonplace materials.
The authoritative record is held by Art Institute of Chicago. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Art Institute of Chicago and other institutions.
De poelier
Rijksmuseum
De kruidenierster
Rijksmuseum
Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Cheese
Cleveland Museum of Art
Wineglass and a Bowl of Fruit
Cleveland Museum of Art
Kraamkamer van een voorname Turkse vrouw
Rijksmuseum
Het gestoorde pianospel
Rijksmuseum
Het melkmeisje
Rijksmuseum
A Writer Trimming his Pen
Rijksmuseum
A Maid Milking a Cow in a Barn
Getty Museum
The Doctor's Visit
Getty Museum
Breakfast Still Life
Art Institute of Chicago
Pictura (An Allegory of Painting)
Getty Museum