The Serenade

ca. 1678–80

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: Arched top, 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (14.6 x 11.1 cm)
Collection no.: 60.71.3
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Frans van Mieris the Elder. The Serenade. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Serenade — Frans van Mieris the Elder. ca. 1678–80.

Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: Arched top, 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (14.6 x 11.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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