Nicolaes Maes (1634 - 1693)
Lot 206: Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1632-1693 Amsterdam)
Christie's
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Description
Portrait of lady, three-quarter-length, in a satin dress with a red shawl, by a fountain
signed and dated 'MAES. 1664' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1/2 x 26 7/8 in. (82.6 x 68.3 cm.)
Artist or Maker
Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1632-1693 Amsterdam)
Exhibited
Toronto, Ontario, The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1920, lent by Mrs. E.R.
Wood.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VI, 1908, p. 591, no. 522.
W.R. Valentiner, Nicolaes Maes, Berlin and Leipzig, 1924, p. 57, illustrated.
W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, 1979, VIII, p. 4000.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt Schüler, Landau and Pfalz, 1983, 3, p. 2029, under no. 1401.
L. Krempel, Nicolaes Maes, Petersberg, 2000, p. 338, no. B 33, no. 360, illustrated.
Provenance
Sir George Chetwynd, Bart.; Christie's, London, 16 December 1911, lot 127 (£102.10 to Colnaghi).
with Colnaghi, London.
E.R. Wood, Canada.
Notes
We are grateful to Dr. León Krempel for confirming the attribution to Nicolaes Maes from a color transparency (written communication, 9 December 2004).