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Portrait of a Seated Woman is an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch painter Nicolaes Maes. Its date of execution is unknown. It measures 112.5 x 91.5 cm, and is currently housed at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.Maes, a pupil of Rembrandt, started his career as a painter of biblical and mythological subjects, genre paintings and portraits. His first recorded painting dates to 1653. He died in 1693.
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Nicolaes Maes Antwerp genre painting Dutch Rembrandt oil-on-canvas