Original Etching
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Etching - Original vintage antique print
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| Year of printing: |
1886
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| Artist - Engraver
- Publisher: |
Maes - Bocourt -J. Rouam, Imprimeur-Editeur, Paris, London.
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| Condition: |
Excellent - Very good - Good -
Fair. Printing plate-mark present. few small brownish spots in blank margins.
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Overall
dimensions of print:
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Including
blank margins: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. 1 inch = 2,54 cm.
Image dimensions: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches.
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| Type of paper: |
Thick - Heavier to Medium heavy, laid - Slightly heavier - Thin. |
| Reverse side: |
Blank - With text or pictures |
| Notes: |
1. Green border around the print (bottom photo) is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed, it
is
not part of the print.
2. See shipping, returns,
terminology, etc.
at the bottom of page.
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Description
of the subject depicted in the print:
MAES
(Nicolas). Maes (in more modern form, Maas,) was born at Dort in 1632.
When eighteen years of age he entered the studio of Rembrandt at
Amsterdam, and remained with that master until 1654. He then returned
to Dort, where, with the exception of a sojourn at Antwerp, he abode
until 1678, when he settled for the rest of his life at Amsterdam,
dying there and being buried in the Oude-Kerk Nor. 24 1693. Nicolas
Maes ranks high amongst the many scholars of Rembrandt and amongst
Dutch painters generally. He assimilated the principles of his master
without adopting his subjects. In the class of pictures by which he is
best known, namely in-door scenes taken from ordinary life, he unites
snbtloty of chiaroscuro, vigorous colour, and great mastery in
handling, with that true finish which never becomes trivial. The
figures are finely drawn, and their action is perfect. Harmonies of red
and black prevail in these works; sometimes pervading the picture in
6ubdued tones; sometimes brought out in full contrasting force against
white. The smaller pictures by Maes in this gallery and The
Listener in the Duke of Wellington's collection are among the finest
examples of the former mode of treatment; the latter mode is
illustrated in the two powerful Spinners in the State-Museum at
Amsterdam.
Exquisite specimens of the art of Maes are in the Six Collection
at Amsterdam, in the Royal Gallery at the Hague, at Frankfort, Hanover,
Munich, Berlin and St. Petersburg; also in private collections in
England. His earlier portraits are remarkably fine, showing much of
Bembrandt's influence; those of a later period partake of the
Frenchified taste then invading Holland. Save in portraiture Maes
rarely, painted his figures life size; but, besides the Card Players in
this Gallery, other compositions of his on the same large scale are
known: for example: La Beveuse (a girl at a window) in the Amsterdam
State-Museum; a fine group of two figures belonging to the Society "
Arti et Amicitise" at. Amsterdam; an Old Woman in the Brussels Gallery,
and L'heureux Enfant, a picture containing three figures, which was
sold with the San Donato collection in 18S0. Maes etched a few plates.
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