Nicolaes Maes

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Self-Portrait (around 1685)
Dozing wife by Nicolaes Maes
Portrait of a gentleman (around 1680)

Nicolaes Maes (born January 1634 in Dordrecht , † before December 24, 1693 (buried) in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch painter .

life and work

Maes went to Amsterdam around 1650 , where he worked in Rembrandt van Rijn's studio. In his pictures he kept to the type and color scheme that he had learned from his master Rembrandt.

From 1653 to 1665 he worked in Dordrecht , where he initially created life-size works that were based directly on Rembrandt and perfectly imitated his style. From 1655 he mainly created small-format pictures of domestic scenes.

In 1665 he went to Antwerp , where he stayed until 1678 and then returned to Amsterdam. Later, the influence of Flemish masters such as Anthony van Dyck was reflected in his paintings. Van Dyck's influence can be seen in his portraits, which were painted in Dordrecht after 1660; at this time, a radical change in style towards a lighter, more elegant style can be seen.

Pictures by Maes are exhibited today in London , Amsterdam , Berlin , Brussels , Saint Petersburg and other important museums.

Selected Works

  • Althorp, Earl Spencer Collection
    • Portrait of Cornelis Tromp. 1677
  • Amsterdam Museum
    • Portrait of Cornelis Munter. 1679
  • Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
    • Portrait of Willem Pottey. 1645
    • Portrait of Catharina Pottey. 1645
    • Portrait of a Young Woman. 1665
    • Portrait of Marten Meulenaer. 1675
    • Portrait of Cornelis Evertsen . 1680
    • The six chiefs of the Amsterdam Surgical Guild. around 1680/81
    • Old woman praying.
    • Girl at the Window (The Daydreamer).
    • Young mother at the cradle.
    • The spinner.
    • Spinner pulling a thread.
    • Portrait of Belichje Hulft.
    • Fruit market.
    • Portrait of a Young Man. (attributed)
  • Amsterdam, Museum Willet-Holthuysen (Backer Foundation)
    • Portrait of Willem Backer.
    • Portrait of the Magdalena de la Court
  • Arras, Musée d'Arras
    • Portrait of a Woman. 1667
  • Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel
    • The vegetable seller.
  • Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
    • Old woman peeling apples.
  • formerly Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum
    • Rejection of the Hagar. (probably destroyed in 1945)
    • Portrait of a Prince of Orange. (missing since 1945)
  • Berlin, private collections
    • Portrait of a Young Woman.
    • Portrait of a Young Man.
  • Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
    • Portrait of a Young Man.
  • Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts
    • Portrait of a Woman. 1680
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1680
  • Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
    • Portrait of Helena van Heuvel. around 1675 - 1679
    • The pancake maker.
    • Portrait of a Woman.
  • Braunschweig, Duke Anton Ulrich Museum
    • Scholar in an armchair. around 1655-1660
  • Bruges, Groeninge Museum
    • Group portrait of five children. 1657
  • Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts
    • Sleepy old woman. around 1656
    • Portrait of Laurent de Rasière.
    • Portrait of Aletta van Hontum.
    • Portrait of a Man.
  • Budapest, Szépművészeti Múzeum
    • Portrait of Jacob Trip. around 1660
    • Portrait of Margaretha de Geer. around 1660
    • Portrait of a Little Girl. 1665 (attributed)
    • Portrait of Justus Criex. 1666
    • Portrait of a noble lady with a child.
    • Portrait of Maria van der Meer as a child.
  • Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art
    • Portrait of a Woman. 1682
  • The Hague, Mauritshuis
    • Portrait of Jacob Trip. around 1659/1660
    • Portrait of Margaretha de Geer. around 1660
  • Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum
    • The organ grinder. around 1656–1658
    • The eavesdropper. 1657
    • Portrait of Margaretha de Geer. 1669
    • Group portrait of four children as mythological figures. 1674
    • The maid.
  • Dresden, Old Masters Picture Gallery
    • Portrait of Godard van Reede and Agrun. 1676
  • Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland
    • Vertumnus and Pomona.
  • Durham, The Bowes Museum
    • Portrait of a woman in black.
    • Portrait of an Elderly Man with Curly Hair.
  • Edinburgh, Earl Ellesmere Collection
    • Girl threading.
  • Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts
    • Portrait of a Woman.
  • Gotha, castle museum
    • Portrait of an old woman with a book.
  • Hanover, Lower Saxony State Museum
    • Portrait of a legal scholar
  • Husum, North Frisian Museum. Nissenhaus Husum
    • Portrait of a girl. 1674
  • Karlsruhe, State Art Gallery
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1665-1670
  • Kassel, Old Masters Picture Gallery
    • The Apostle Thomas.
  • Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
    • Portrait of a Man. 1658
    • Portrait of a child with a spaniel. around 1660-1670
    • Portrait of Alexandrina de Milan. 1670
    • Portrait of a Man. 1677
  • Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst
    • Portrait of a Man.
    • Portrait of a Woman.
  • London, Harald Samuel Collection
    • The young seamstress. 1655
  • London, National Gallery
    • Christ blesses the children. around 1652/1653
    • The beet peeler. 1655
    • Interior with a sleeping maid and her mistress. 1655
    • Little girl at a cradle. around 1655
    • Portrait of an Elderly Man in a Black Robe. 1666
    • Portrait of Jan de Reus. around 1670–1680
    • Portrait of a man with a black wig. around 1680
  • London, Wallace Collection
    • The virtuous woman. around 1655
    • The eavesdropper. 1656
  • Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum
    • Adoration of the Shepherds. around 1660
  • Madrid, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
    • The naughty drummer. around 1655
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1666/1667
    • Portrait of a Woman. around 1666/1667
  • Mainz, State Museum Mainz
    • Portrait of a Woman. around 1675–1680
  • Milwaukee, Collection Dr. Alfred Bader
    • The sacrifice of Abraham. around 1655/56
  • Moscow, Pushkin Museum
    • The kidnapping of Ganymede.
  • Munich, Alte Pinakothek
    • Portrait of a Young Man. around 1680
    • Portrait of a Young Woman. around 1680
    • The Hagar's repudiation.
  • New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    • Rejection of the Hagar. 1653
    • Young girl peeling apples. around 1655
    • The lace maker. around 1655-1660
    • Portrait of Admiral Jacob Binckes. 1676
    • Portrait of Ingena Rotterdam. 1676
    • Portrait of a Woman.
  • Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada
    • The lace maker. 1655
  • Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
    • The sense of smell.
    • Still life with garden fruits.
  • Paris, Musee du Louvre
    • Portrait of Hermanus Amija.
    • Portrait of Catherine de Vogelaer.
    • Bathing children.
    • Still life. (attributed)
  • Paris, Petit Palais
    • The lace maker.
  • Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum
    • Interior with the Dordrecht family. 1656
    • Portrait of Agatha Bicker.
    • Bathsheba.
    • Portrait of Dirck Frederiksz. Alewijn.
  • Philadelphia, Museum of Art
    • Loving couple outdoors.
  • Rotterdam, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum
    • Portrait of Maerten Nieuwpoort. 1672
    • Portrait of Maria Colve. 1672
  • Saint Louis, The Saint Louis Art Museum
    • The banker. 1656
  • San Diego, Timken Art Gallery
    • Portrait of a woman with a dog. 1677
  • San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum
    • Portrait of a Man. 1656
    • Portrait of a Woman. 1656
  • Schwerin, State Museum Schwerin
    • Portrait of a Woman.
  • St. Petersburg, Hermitage
    • The Mocking of Christ. around 1650-1660
    • The spinner. around 1658
    • Portrait of a Young Woman. 1678
  • Toledo, Museum of Art
    • The happy family.
  • Toulouse, Musée des Augustins
    • Portrait of a Young Woman. 1674
    • Double portrait of two children. 1675
  • Utrecht, Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent
    • Portrait of Gisbertus Voetius.
  • Vaduz, collections of the ruling Prince of Liechtenstein
    • The lace maker. 1655
  • Warsaw, Muzeum Archidiecezji Warszawskiej
    • Group portrait of the Skyes family. 1664
  • Warsaw, National Museum Warsaw
    • Portrait of a Man.
  • Washington, National Gallery of Art
    • Old woman dozing over a book. around 1655
    • Portrait of a Woman. 1676
  • Washington, Smithsonian American Art Museum
    • Portrait of a Man. (attributed)
  • Vienna, picture gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    • Portrait of a boy in the costume of Adonis.
  • Vienna, Art History Museum
    • Portrait of Sara Ingelbrechts. 1675
  • Worms, Heylshof Museum
    • Young lace makers and old women with a cradle on their doorstep.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Maes, Nicolaes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 1634
PLACE OF BIRTH Dordrecht
DATE OF DEATH before December 24, 1693
Place of death Amsterdam