Nicolaes Maes

Portrait of Cornelis ten Hove (1658-1694)

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Nicolaes Maes
Portrait of Cornelis ten Hove (1658-1694)

1682 On view in Room 11

To celebrate their marriage, Cornelis ten Hove and Catharina Dierquens had their portraits painted by Nicolaes Maes. Catharina’s portrait hangs to the right. Maes portrayed Cornelis posing elegantly in a park-like landscape. He paid particular attention to the magnificent blue robe.

Maes was one of the most sought-after portrait painters of the 17th century. While his early portraits were traditional in style, from 1670 they became increasingly refined and colourful. Maes’s fashionable portraits found favour among the 17th-century elite.

Technical details
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Nicolaes Maes
Portrait of Cornelis ten Hove (1658-1694)

1682 On view in Room 11

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Details

General information
Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634 - 1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of Cornelis ten Hove (1658-1694)
1682
painting
717
Room 11
Material and technical details
oil
canvas
58.2 x 46.2 cm
Inscriptions
lower right: MAES

Provenance

Probably Cornelis ten Hove, Catharina Dierquens and their heirs, The Hague, until 1907; bequest of Jonkvrouw Maria Johanna Singendonck, The Hague, 1907