The Young Mother

1655–57

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with framing line in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/16 x 6 15/16in. (13.5 x 17.7cm)
Collection no.: 47.127.3
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Nicolaes Maes. The Young Mother. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Young Mother — Nicolaes Maes. 1655–57.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with framing line in pen and brown ink. Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/16 x 6 15/16in. (13.5 x 17.7cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1947.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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