Follower of Nicolaes Maes
An old woman standing in a doorway spinning
oil on panel
41 x 32 cm.
Follower of Nicolaes Maes
An old woman standing in a doorway spinning
oil on panel
41 x 32 cm.
Bottenwieser, Berlin.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, by 1931.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1948.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.
C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums. An Index of Oil Paintings in Public Collections in The Netherlands by Artists born before 1870, London, 1980, p. 250, as manner of Nicolas Maes. Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 186, no. 1570, illustrated, as manner of Nicolaes Maes. A. Lasius, Quiringh van Brekelenkam, Doornspijk, 1992, p. 168, no. D31, as rejected work by Brekelenkam.
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