The Lacemaker
Artist: Nicolaes Maes (Dutch, 1634–1693)
Original Dimensions: 17 3/4" x 20 3/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (ca. 1656) "Painted slightly after the artist’s Young Woman Peeling Apples (on view nearby), this scene reveals Maes’s increasing interest in anecdotal, domestic detail as he moved further out of Rembrandt’s shadow. Here, he shows a young mother absorbed in the meticulous work of lace-making, while her baby looks boldly out at the viewer from his high chair. As in many of Maes’s other works, the color red—on the mother’s bodice, baby’s hat, and tablecloth—provides a unifying element." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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