Frans van der Mijn (1719–1783)

• Was a Dutch painter who specialised in portrait painting.
• According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD), he was the son of Herman van der Mijn.

• He was born when his father moved to Düsseldorf to work for Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine.

• He worked in Amsterdam during the years 1742-1748 and worked in The Hague before returning to England.

• In London he worked on portraits and sent a painting in to the London Society of Artists each year during 1761-1772.

• He loved smoking and drinking, nor would forego his pipe, though it was offensive to his employers, so that he never acquired the practice which he might otherwise have obtained.

• He died in indigent circumstances, at his apartments in Moorfields, some time in 1783. 

• Next