Children at Play

Signed and dated: „W. van Mieris F. 1726“; children playing in a vine-covered arched window; a beautiful oriental carpet hangs from the windowsill down over a relief showing playing cupids; a boy in a red jacket and beret leans on a birdcage and makes soap bubbles; behind him, there stands another boy with a bird; a little girl shows her doll a goldfinch, which is sitting in front of its house-like cage; a wooden horse and other toys are placed on the windowsill.