NICOLAES MAES

One of Rembrandt's most talented students, Maes began by painting biblical scenes in the style of his famous teacher. He later produ ced extraordinary genre pieces, in which the closely observed actions of the main figure, often a woman, have a hushed, almost monum ental character. Maes depicted mothers with children or older women praying or sleeping/ such works have placed him among the most p opular painters of the Dutch Golden Age.