Artist
Nicolaes Maes
Dutch, 1634–1693
Nicolaes Maes was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 72 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Nicolaes Maes was born in Dordrecht.
Nicolaes Maes (January 1634 – December 1693; buried 24 December 1693) was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam, he returned to work in his native city of Dordrecht for 20 years. In the latter part of his career he returned to Amsterdam where he became the leading portrait painter of his time.
Maes contributed to the development of genre painting in the Netherlands, and was the most prominent portrait painter working in Amsterdam in the final three decades of the 17th century.
Works by Nicolaes Maes
The Lacemaker
Young Woman Peeling Apples
Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael
Admiral Jacob Binkes (born about 1640, died 1677)
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Lady
Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’
Ingena Rotterdam (died 1704), Betrothed of Admiral Jacob Binkes
Portrait of a Woman
An Old Woman Dozing over a Book
Portrait of Four Children as Ceres Ganymede Cherub and Diana
Portrait of Willem Pottey, Lawyer and Accountant-General of Flushing
Young woman at the cradle
Vegetable market
Portrait of Petronella Dunois
Girl at a window, known as 'The daydreamer'
Portrait of a young man
Cornelis Evertsen, Lieutenant-Admiral of Zeeland
Woman spinning
Woman spinning
Portrait of Pieter Groenendijk
Mocking of Christ
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a young woman
Portrait of a Young Man with a Long Velvet Cloak
Portrait of Aeltje Denijs (b. 1598/99), wife of Hendrick Wijnands and mother of Dionijs Wijnands
Portrait of a young man, possibly Simon van Alphen (1650-1730)
Portrait of Willem Pottey (1666-94), lawyer and treasurer-general of Vlissingen
Portrait of Catharina Pottey (1641-1718), sister of Willem and Sara Pottey
Sleeping Man having his Pockets Picked
Collections represented
Featured in a course
- Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’
- Ingena Rotterdam (died 1704), Betrothed of Admiral Jacob Binkes
- Portrait of a Woman
- An Old Woman Dozing over a Book
- Portrait of Four Children as Ceres Ganymede Cherub and Diana
- Portrait of Willem Pottey, Lawyer and Accountant-General of Flushing
- Young woman at the cradle
- Vegetable market
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