The Scolding Fishwife
Nicolaes Maes
17th century
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, with traces of red chalk.
Dimensions
sheet: 6 5/8 x 7 1/2in. (16.8 x 19.1cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.127.4
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
AngerMenWomen
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