Preface                                                                 6

Lenders                                                                8

Frans van Mieris' Reputation                             12

Quentin Buvelot

Frans van Mieris' Personal Style                        28

Otto Naumann

Frans van Mieris: Questions

of Understanding                                               44

Eddy de Jongh

Underdrawings in the Paintings

of Frans van Mieris                                            62

Carol Pottasch

Catalogue                                                           72

Quentin Buvelot, with contributions by

Peter van der Ploeg and Bieke van der Mark

Notes                                                                214

Provenance, exhibitions, and literature

of works in the exhibition                                224

List ofFrans van Mieris'

paintings and drawings                                    232

Bibliography                                                     242

Index                                                                252

Picture credits                                                  255

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