Nicolaes Maes initially adhered to the style of his teacher Rembrandt van Rijn. He executed large biblical history paintings and later also started painting moralizing domestic scenes. After 1660 he devoted himself exclusively to painting portraits, developing an elegant and clear style, which anticipated the eighteenth century. This Portrait of a Woman stands out because of its extremely refined, detailed and delicate draughtsmanship and the play of light. Maes was very much in demand as a portrait painter of mundane elegance and applied himself to the adequate representation of the outer appearance, rather than to character studies.
| Artist |
Nicolaes Maes
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| Title | Portrait of a Woman |
| Date | 1663 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year left of centre: .AE.T. .67. / N. MAES. / A°. 1663. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1906-A |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1906 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1906-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/417/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q511
the Bible as a book
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41D1 fashion Iconclass 41D2 clothes, costume Iconclass 41D211 dress, gown Iconclass 41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass 41D222(COLLAR) neck-gear: collar Iconclass 41D2664 ring Iconclass 61B11 anonymous historical person portrayed Iconclass 61B111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 93) |
| Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand (exposition itinérante 'Quarante chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand' Bruxelles, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 12 février - 6 mars 1949 ; Liège, 12 mars - 3 avril 1949 ; Luxembourg, 9 avril - 1 mai 1949 ; Lille, 14 mai - 12 juin 1949) / Georges Chabot, Paul Eeckhout. - Bruxelles : Editions de la Connaissance, 1949 (nr. 26) |
| Nicolaes Maes / Jan-Pieter Ballegeer. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 90-91) |
| Nicolaes Maes / Jan-Pieter Ballegeer. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 342, nr. 757) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 61) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 65 (ill. 137)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 121 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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