Frans van der Mijn (1719-1783)Frans van der Mijn was one of six gifted children born to Heroman van der Mijn, an Amsterdam painter who was working in Antwerp when Frans was born. In 1722 the family moved to London. There Frans and his younger brother George were taught by their father. After his father's death in 1741, Frans moved to Amsterdam where he soon made a name for himself as a portrait painter. Ten years later the artist's biographer Jan van Gool describes him as being an 'observant portrait painterIntelligent portraitistReferring to the artist Frans van der Mijn, the 18th-century biographer Jan van der Gool noted that he 'is an intelligent portraitist, acclaimed by Connoisseurs, working in Amsterdam, where he has painted many a distinguished patron'.'. By this time Van der Mijn had already returned to London, where he died in 1783. |
