Nicolaes Maes
By: Ariane van Suchtelen, Bart Cornelis, Marijn Schapelhouman, Nina Cahill ; translator, Lynne Richards ; editor, Ariane van Suchtelen
Contributors: Mauritshuis (Hague, Netherlands); National Gallery (Great Britain)
Edition: English edition.
Publisher: Waanders Publishers
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Zwolle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9789462622654
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Exhibitions; Portrait painting; Expositions
Work titles: Nicolaes Maes. English
Description: This book offers a close look at the art of Dutch Golden Age painter Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693). One of Rembrandt's most talented students, Maes began by painting biblical scenes in the style of his famous teacher. He later produced extraordinary genre pieces, in which the closely observed actions of the main figure, often a woman, have a hushed, almost monumental character. Maes also depicted mothers with children or older women praying or sleeping; such works have placed him among the most popular painters of the Dutch Golden Age. From around 1660, Maes turned exclusively to portraiture, and his elegant style attracted wealthy and eminent clients from Dordrecht and Amsterdam. This generously illustrated volume is the first in English to cover the full range of his repertoire. The authors - curators from the National Gallery, London, and the Mauritshuis, The Hague - bring extensive knowledge to bear for the benefit of specialists and the general public.
Notes: This publication accompanies the exhibition "Nicolaes Maes - Rembrandt's Versatile Pupil" held in Mauritshuis, The Hague, October 17, 2019-January 19, 2020, and in The National Gallery, London, February 22-May 31, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Nicolaes Maes : Innovation and versatility  -- Ariane van Suchtelen; title: Apprenticeship with Rembrandt : Maes and history painting  -- Ariane van Suchtelen -- Catalog 1-5 / -- Bart Cornelis; title: Genre : Picturing everyday life  -- Ariane van Suchtelen -- Catalogue 6-21 / -- Bart Cornelis, Ariane van Suchtelen and Nina Cahill; title: A career as a portraitist  -- Ariane van Suchtelen; title: Catalogue 22-35  -- Bart Cornelis, Ariane van Suchtelen and Nina Cahill; title: On Nicolaes Maes as a draughtsman -- Marijn Schapelhouman.