George van der Mijn (1723–1763)

• Was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
• According to the RKD he was the son of Herman van der Mijn.
• He was born in London after his father moved there.
• He is known for portraits and genre works.
• His pupil was Dirk van Dijl.
• Johan van Gool wrote about him, his father, his brothers Robert, Francis, Andreas and Gerard, and his sister Cornelia who were all good painters in their own right.
• Van Gool mentioned that another brother Willem could have been a good painter, but fell through the ice while skating and died young.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Frans van der Mijn, Portrait of George van der Mijn, between 1750 and 1763.
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