Nicolaes Maes

Illustration number 1001636326
Dimensions: 650x598 pixels
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Illustration number 1001196813
Dimensions: 650x566 pixels
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Object information

Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

part of a series

onderdeel van een reeks van vijf schilderijen met een allegorie van de zintuigen (Krempel 2000, nrs. D 21, D22, D27, D31, D32)

Support/medium

canvas, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 57.5 x 66 cm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

signed left center: N. / MAES / .F.
op het opengeslagen boek; transcriptie Robinson 1996

Current attribution: Nicolaes Maes

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1656 (1656)

Krempel 2000

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Luistervink en liefdespaar (het gehoor)
English title: Eavesdropper and lovers (hearing)
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: genre, three human figures, full-length portrait, interior view, young woman, amorous couple, raising an index finger, facing front, smiling, doorway, background view of another room (interior), stairs, checkered stone floor, national map, bookcase, cradle, broom, opened book

Artistically related

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

used as model for
Johannes Vermeer, Een slapende dienstmeid
Metsu Maes adopted the idea of a doorkijkje (view through) with a (foreshortened) half-open door. (as observed by A. Waiboer)

Provenance

Collection(s)

private collection Duke of Wellington, Apsley House (London)
1818 - 1852
Wellington Museum, Apsley House (London) , inv./cat.nr WM 1503-1948

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Nicolaes Maes : Rembrandts veelzijdige leerling Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , The Hague (city) , 2019-10-17 - 2020-01-19 , no. 17

Literature

Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , dl. 6 (1915), p. 519, nr. 125
Robinson 1996 (printed 1998) , p. 209 (noot 40), en p. 244, nr. A-17 , als te dateren 1655 of 1656
Krempel 2000 , p. 358, nr. D 21, afb. 39
Van Suchtelen et al. 2019 , p. 112-119, no. 17, ill. (color)

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001636326)
BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001196813)

Project: Connect Vermeer

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Creation date: 2015-03-11; Last modified date: 2020-01-03

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