1634-1693) | Nationality: | Dutch |
| Activity: | Painter |
| Average rate: | Between $ 10,000 and 100,000 |
Nicolaas Maes was the son of a trader and burgher of Dordrecht who studied painting at 16 with Rembrandt until 1652 or 1654.
Back in Dordrecht at 22, he married Adriana Brouwers, the widow of Arnoldus de Gelder, a preacher. He then went to Antwerp between 1660 and 1665 and worked under the influence of Jordaens.
Maes returned to Amsterdam in 1678 and adopted another style that made historians wonder whether there had not been two artists bearing such name.
Still, there was no trace in any registrar of the existence of another Maes and it is likely that Nicolaas, who was prone to undergo various influences, did in fact change his style.
During the first part of his career, he clearly worked under the influence of Rembrandt producing portraits, notably old women, and genre paintings in a manner much reminiscent of the latter's. He then adopted a different technique, probably as a result of his stay in Antwerp, with a rather minute touch. His works resembling those by Rembrandt are much sought by collectors nowadays.
Several museums have acquired many of his works during the past centuries notably those of Amiens, Amsterdam, Arras, Berlin, Bonn, Bordeaux, Brunswick, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dresden, Dordrecht, Dublin, Haarlem, Geneva, The Hague, Hanover, St Petersburg, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris or Rotterdam.
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