Nicolaes Maes place of birth Dordrecht
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.Life
Nicolaes Maes was born in Dordrecht as the second son of Gerrit Maes, a prosperous cloth merchant and soap boiler, and Ida Herman Claesdr.  
He initially trained with a mediocre painter in his hometown.  Around 1648, he went to Amsterdam, where he entered Rembrandt's studio.  He remained in the studio of Rembrandt for about five years.  He had returned to Dordrecht by December 1653.  Here he is recorded making marriage arrangements as he posted on 28 December 1653 the bans of his marriage with Adriana Brouwers, the widow of the preacher Arnoldus de Gelder.
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