The Young Mother
Nicolaes Maes
1655–57
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with framing line in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
sheet: 5 5/16 x 6 15/16in. (13.5 x 17.7cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.127.3
Tags
MothersCats
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