MIERIS, FRANCIS, grandson of the preceding, was born at Leyden in 1689. Although he learned from his father the art of painting, he did not achieve any great success in that department. He is more celebrated as a historian and antiquary, and is the author of several works, of which the most important are:—Historie der Nederlandsche Vorsten, the Hague, 1732-35; and Groot Charterboek der Graven van Holland, Zeeland, en Vriesland, Leipsic, 1753-56. He died suddenly in 1763, while engaged in writing a history of his native town.