# The Serenade

- By: Frans van Mieris the Elder (Dutch, Leiden 1635–1681 Leiden)
- Date: ca. 1678–80
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: Arched top, 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (14.6 x 11.1 cm)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437088)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP143182.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)