Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . suggestions of Rembrandt in thisportrait. He painted historical pictures but his portraits werehis best achievements. Oil on canvas, 25^ inches by 21 inches 67. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADYNICOLAUS MAES 68 NICOLAUS MAES Dutch, 1632-1693PORTRAIT OF A\ OIJ) LADY ]\Iaess acti\it} as a portrait painter should be divided intothree periods. In the first and greatest his work so closely-resembled Rembrandts, that, in spite of the marked individualit}which gave it life and precluded an\ charge of direct imitation,much of it has passed as that masters own. During his s
Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . suggestions of Rembrandt in thisportrait. He painted historical pictures but his portraits werehis best achievements. Oil on canvas, 25^ inches by 21 inches 67. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADYNICOLAUS MAES 68 NICOLAUS MAES Dutch, 1632-1693PORTRAIT OF A\ OIJ) LADY ]\Iaess acti\it} as a portrait painter should be divided intothree periods. In the first and greatest his work so closely-resembled Rembrandts, that, in spite of the marked individualit}which gave it life and precluded an\ charge of direct imitation,much of it has passed as that masters own. During his secondperiod he was swayed more strongly by other men, particularhby \ an Dyck and the Flemings, with a sacrifice of depth ofcharacterization in favour of a fashionable and decorative he merged with his later st}le the peculiar aflPectationsof a taste borrowed from the court painting of the French. Our portrait belongs to his earliest period. An old lady ofseventy or more in the simplest of dresses rests in an arm-chair,her figure set in relief against a curtain. Seriousness, dignit},and an austere and patient benevolence have cast the stronglymarked features into an Impressive m
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