Jacob Receiving Joseph's Blood-Stained Cloak (recto); Study of a Bearded Man and The Sacrifice of Isaac (verso)
Nicolaes Maes
ca. 1653
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red and traces of black chalk (recto); red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 7/8 in. (22 x 30.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 2005
Accession Number
2005.418.12a, b
Tags
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About the Artist
Nicolaes Maes · 1634–1693
Maes' genre scenes are his most well-known works although he was also a painter of religious scenes in his early career and a portraitist later in his career. Comment on works: Portraits; Interiors; History