Baroque and Rococo
Nicolaes Maes
Nicolaes Maes
(bapt Dordrecht, Jan 1634; bur Amsterdam, 24 Dec 1693).
Dutch painter. The son of the prosperous Dordrecht merchant Gerrit Maes and his wife Ida Herman Claesdr., Nicolaes Maes learnt to draw from a ‘mediocre master’ (Houbraken) in his native town before he studied painting with Rembrandt in Amsterdam. His training in Rembrandt’s studio must have taken place between 1648/50 and 1653. By December 1653 Maes had settled in Dordrecht and made plans to marry, while a signed and dated picture of 1653 confirms that the 19-year-old artist had completed his training and embarked on an independent career. Maes continued to reside in Dordrecht until 1673.
Anciana rezando
Old Woman Peeling Apples
1655
Oil on canvas
Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
