The Old Lacemaker

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The Old Lacemaker
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Artist Nicolaes Maes   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Yearc. 1655
Medium Oil paint, panel
Dimensions38.8 cm (15.3 in) × 35.9 cm (14.1 in)
Location Mauritshuis
Accession No.1101  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Identifiers RKDimages ID: 10631

The Old Lacemaker (c. 1655) is an oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch painter Nicolaes Maes. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Mauritshuis.

The painting shows a woman making bobbin lace and the lace pillow she is using is the same in all the paintings Maes made of lacemakers:

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1914, who wrote; "71. An Old Lace-Maker. Sm. Suppl. 7. An old woman with spectacles, facing the spectator, sits making lace. She wears a black jacket with scarlet sleeves. Over her head hangs a basket of eggs. On a dresser at the side is some crockery. " A masterly production but a little darkened by time" (Sm.). Panel, 15 1/2 inches by 13 1/2 inches. Sale. London, 1836 (£69 : 6s.)." [1]

The 1836 sale was at Christie's lot 60, and the buyer was Colemna. [2] In 1994 it came on the market again and the museum was able to purchase it with support from VSB Fonds Den Haag, Vereniging Rembrandt, and Vrienden van het Mauritshuis. [2]

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References

  1. 71. An Old Lace-Maker" in Hofstede de Groot, 1914 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. 1 2 "Explore Nicolaes Maes". rkd.nl.