Nicolaes Maes
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Nicolaes Maes 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
Self-portrait, c. 1685
Two chattering housewives
The eavesdropper
Dismissal of Hagar and Ishmael
Pieter de Hooch
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Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch, was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary, in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, of Jan Verm
Nicolaes Maes
…new story element he introduced in genre painting. These inventions had an important influence on Delft genre painters including Johannes Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch in particular in the compositional arrangements of people in interior spaces. Maes's exterior genre scenes may also have been influential on de Hooch's…
Possible self-portrait (1648–1649?)
Man Offering a Glass of Wine to a Woman c. 1653, a display in chiaroscuro and use of a doorsien.
Woman Weighing Gold and Silver Coins c. 1659 – c. 1662, similar to Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance.
The Courtyard of a House in Delft c. 1658