biography
pronunciation:
[mays]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1634–93)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. He studied in Rembrandt's studio in Amsterdam (c.1648–50), returning to Dordrecht by 1654. He specialized in small genre subjects, especially kitchen scenes (eg ‘Woman Scraping Parsnips’ 1655, National Gallery, London) and old women praying. After a visit to Antwerp (c.1665), he turned to portraiture in a style derived from van Dyck. |
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