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Nicolaes Maes: Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’  wikidata:Q17342882 reasonator:Q17342882
Artist
Nicolaes Maes  (1634–1693)  wikidata:Q505150
 
Nicolaes Maes
Alternative names
Nicolaes Maas
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death January 1634 Edit this at Wikidata 24 December 1693 (buried)
Location of birth/death Dordrecht Amsterdam
Work location
Amsterdam (1648-1653), Dordrecht (1653-1665), Antwerp (ca. 1665-1667), Dordrecht (1667-1673), Amsterdam (1673-1693)
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artist QS:P170,Q505150
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’ Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lnl,"Oude vrouw in gebed, bekend als ‘Het gebed zonder end’"
label QS:Len,"Old Woman in Prayer, known as ‘Prayer without end’"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Old woman in prayer, known as ‘Prayer without end’. An old woman is praying with folded hands while sitting at a table laid with bread, cheese, a jug, a bowl and a fish on a plate. To the right a cat pulls the tablecloth. On the wall a bunch of keys are hanging. In a niche in the same wall stand a funnel and an hourglass.
Date Circa 1656
date QS:P571,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 134 cm (52.7 in); width: 113 cm (44.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,134U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,113U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Gallery of Honour
Accession number
SK-C-535
Place of creation Dordrecht
Object history Unknown date
Unknown date
: acquired by A. Lacoste, Dordrecht
Unknown date
Unknown date
: acquired by Genootschap Felix Meritis, Amsterdam

June 1889: given to the city of Amsterdam, Inventory number SA 7369, by Genootschap Felix Meritis, Amsterdam

11 November 1889: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-C-535, by the city of Amsterdam
Exhibition history

The Golden Age. Highlights from the Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 June 2005–2 October 2005, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, 25 October 2005–15 January 2006.

Rembrandt and the Golden Age. Highlights from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2 November 2007–13 February 2008.

Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, 9 May 2009–13 September 2009, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, ISBN 978-1-55365-471-1, p. 164-165.

L'âge d'or hollandais. De Rembrandt à Vermeer/The Dutch Golden age. From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Pinacothèque de Paris, Paris, 7 October 2009–7 February 2010, ISBN 9782358670050, p. 202-203, cat. no.  82.

The Golden Age of Dutch Painting. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, 11 March 2011–6 June 2011.
Inscriptions

Monogram bottom right:

N:M:S
On the tablecloth
References Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End’, circa 1656
date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Amsterdam Museum collectie online, as Oude vrouw in gebed, 1650-1660.

RKDimages, Art-work number 7194, as Old woman saying grace at the table, circa 1656
date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(1654-1658) Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40004932, as Oude vrouw in gebed, bekend als ‘Het gebed zonder end’, circa 1656
date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
.

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20360633, as Betende alte Frau ('Das Gebet ohne Ende')

Web Gallery of Art, as Old Woman Saying Grace, circa 1656
date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
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