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Nicolaes Maes (Dortrecht 1631 - 1693 Amsterdam)

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Nicolaes Maes (Dortrecht 1631 - 1693 Amsterdam)
Nicolaes Maes (Dortrecht 1631 - 1693 Amsterdam) Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas, 54 x 38,5 cm, w/ frame, (Wo)€ 10.000 - 14.000 US $ 9.900 - 13.860 Nicolaes Maes, a renowned genre- and portrait painter, was a student of Rembrandt but developed in a different direction after 1660, both in his technique and in his choice of subjects. As the elegant portrait above shows, he came under the influence of courtly French painting. Literature: Conoisseur, Nov. 1921, No171 w/ill.; F. Frey, Bürgenstock, 1967, pp:114-115 ill. Provenance: reportedly formerly owned by an old French family in Montreal, where it was sold at auction at the beginning of the last century; Mr. B. M. Greene, Toronto, Ontario; American Art Association, New York, 23 - 24 January 1924, lot 172; Kunsthandel Steinmeyer, Lucern,1924.