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Nicolaes Maes · ca. 1653
Nicolaes Maes: 1634–1693
Other names (36)
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Biography
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.
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Influenced by
- Rembrandt van Rijneditorial inference
Evidence
Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
Later influence
- Frederick Daniel Hardyeditorial inference
Evidence
The biography identifies Nicolaes Maes as an artistic influence on Frederick Daniel Hardy. The assertion concerns Hardy's paintings of interiors in the 1850s. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Nicolaes Maes. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Rijksmuseum13 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art10 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Quimper3 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art3 recorded works
- Finnish National Gallery2 recorded works
- musée de Picardie — Amiens2 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)2 recorded works
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna1 recorded work
- Accademia Carrara1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- musée Charles de Bruyères — Remiremont1 recorded work
- musée Condé — Chantilly1 recorded work
- musée Crozatier — Le Puy-en-Velay1 recorded work
- musée de la Chartreuse — Douai1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Lille1 recorded work
- musée Hyacinthe Rigaud — Perpignan1 recorded work
- Nationalmuseum1 recorded work
- National Museum in Kraków1 recorded work
Sources 12
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Polish museum and gallery creator authorities
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
