Nicolaes Maes
Dutch painter (1634-1693) · Netherlands · On the map · Artists · Died at 59
Nicolaes Maes 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.
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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.
