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Nicolaes Maes

1634 - 1693

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Nicolaes Maes (January 1634 – December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) 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 of Dordrecht for 20 years. In the latter part of his career he returned to Amsterdam where he became the leading portrait painter of his time. Maes contributed to the development of genre painting in the Netherlands and was the most prominent portrait painter working in Amsterdam in the final three decades of the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolaes Maes is the 592nd most popular painter (up from 630th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 261st in 2019) and the 54th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nicolaes Maes ranks 592 out of 2,023. Before him are Santiago Rusiñol, Théophile Steinlen, Edward Steichen, Nadežda Petrović, Barthélemy d'Eyck, and Pierre Alechinsky. After him are Nikolaos Gyzis, Constant Troyon, Agostino Tassi, Moïse Kisling, Giuseppe Cesari, and Jan van Kessel the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1634, Nicolaes Maes ranks 7. Before him are Mariana of Austria, Kara Mustafa Pasha, Madame de La Fayette, Luca Giordano, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena. After him are Hümaşah Sultan, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Pasquier Quesnel. Among people deceased in 1693, Nicolaes Maes ranks 7. Before him are Mehmed IV, Madame de La Fayette, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Ihara Saikaku, and Willem Kalf. After him are Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, John de Britto, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Elisabeth Hevelius, Johann Caspar Kerll, and John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Maes ranks 251 out of 1,646. Before him are George Blake (1922), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Wim Suurbier (1945), Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577), and Johann Weyer (1515). After him are Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Frans de Waal (1948), Willem van Hanegem (1944), Geert Groote (1340), Dick Bruna (1927), and Cornelis van Haarlem (1562).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Maes ranks 54. Before him are Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Johan Jongkind (1819), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460), Willem Kalf (1619), and Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606). After him are Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Pieter van Laer (1599), Emanuel de Witte (1617), Jozef Israëls (1824), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), and Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613).

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