The Grocer’s Shop, Frans van Mieris (II), 1715

Frans van Mieris II’s ‘The Grocer’s Shop’ (1715) is a stunning Dutch Golden Age genre painting. Admire intricate detail, rich textures & daily life scenes in this captivating oil masterpiece.


Frans van Mieris (1635 - 1681)

Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681): Dutch Golden Age master of 'fijnschilder' genre scenes & portraits, renowned for exquisite detail and depictions of affluent 17th-century life.

The grocer. Face in a stone window on a grocery store where a young woman weighs raisins for a woman with a boy. In the shop there are shelves with all kinds of products, on the windowsill there is a cheese. Under the windowsill a bas-relief with musical putti.