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Summary

Willem van Mieris: Circe begging Ulysses for mercy after he has resisted her drugged cup

Artist



Description	Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and ornamental painter
Date of birth/death	3 June 1662	26 January 1747
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Leiden
Work period	from 1684 until 1747 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1684-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1747-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Leiden
Authority file	: Q1348950 VIAF: 61818345 ISNI: 0000000116558218 ULAN: 500013685 LCCN: no2011035344 WGA: m/mieris/willem WorldCat

Title

English: Circe begging Ulysses for mercy after he has resisted her drugged cup

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Depicted people

Circe

Date

between 1690 and 1747

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 60 cm (23.6 in); width: 50 cm (19.6 in)

Object history

1986: in collection of Egon Rusche
1996: in collection of Thomas Rusche

Inscriptions

signed lower right: Willem van Mieris

Notes

Old Masters Old Master Paintings Sotheby's London 8 May 2019 lot 37

References

Source/Photographer

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/old-masters/willem-van-mieris-circe-begging-ulysses-for-mercy

Licensing

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