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 pretense in his indigenous 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 early payment of genre painting in the Netherlands and was the most prominent portrait painter lively in Amsterdam in the conclusive three decades of the 17th century.
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