*Beautifully illustrated book on one of the most renowned Dutch 'fijnschilders, ' or fine paintersFrans van Mieris the Elder was part of a group of seventeenth-century Dutch painters whose goal was to attain a perfect visual reproduction of materials - so perfect, in fact, that detecting an individual brushstroke in their paintings was almost, if not entirely, impossible. This lavishly illustrated book includes all of van Mieris' 35 paintings and ten of his drawings reproduced in full color and accompanied by brief explanatory commentaries. Included are essays on the artist's life, the development of his oeuvre and appreciation of his work through the centuries.
