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
Rights
Public Domain
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