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By Simon Maris, a smoothly painted portrait of his daughter Mies. The face is finely painted, her dress with a loose touch, in quick brushstrokes.
Simon Maris was a much sought-after portraitist in fashionable circles in Amsterdam.
He was good friends with Piet Mondriaan, they painted together at the Gein near Abcoude. And gained inspiration with him in Paris.
Mies Maris was a painter and regularly made flower still lifes.
The portrait was once auctioned at Christie's Amsterdam