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Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Lot 145 Property of a Distinguished Private Collector

Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)

Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a painted oval

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Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a painted oval
signed 'N.MAES.' (lower right)
oil on panel
11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (28.2 x 22.6 cm.)

Peter Norton, 1896 (according to an inscription on the reverse).
with Newhouse Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the grandmother of the present owner, and by descent.

Specialist note

This fully-signed, rare early work by Nicolas Maes reveals the strong influence of Rembrandt, whose studio Maes entered c. 1648.